Detections
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CVE-2011-5280

high

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in BOINC 6.13.x allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long trickle-up to (1) client/cs_trickle.cpp or (2) db/db_base.cpp.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/28/3

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/gitweb/?p=boinc-v2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ae04b50a71f3e96ee1bc59b76fca97cf0fe976f7

http://boinc.berkeley.edu/gitweb/?p=boinc-v2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=5b04b249db166ec38c1ee99a9eadcaa300c0f454

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-06-02

Updated: 2025-07-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00583