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CVE-2013-7386

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2014-06-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-134

Description

Format string vulnerability in the PROJECT::write_account_file function in client/cs_account.cpp in BOINC, possibly 7.2.33, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the gui_urls item in an account file.

Affected products

• BOINC: 7.2.33

References

• http://boinc.berkeley.edu/gitweb/?p=boinc-v2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=99258dcecba8ef36e1ce0fd6e0dacffe53613ac9
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/125125.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/125128.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/28/3
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=957795
• http://boinc.berkeley.edu/gitweb/?p=boinc-v2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=99258dcecba8ef36e1ce0fd6e0dacffe53613ac9
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/125125.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-December/125128.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/28/3
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=957795

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