PT-2014-2196 · University Of California · Boinc

CVE-2011-5280

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Published

2014-06-02

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Updated

2025-07-08

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BOINC versions 6.13.x
Description The issue is related to multiple stack-based buffer overflows that can be triggered by remote attackers, leading to a denial of service (crash). This can occur via a long trickle-up to specific files, including client/cs trickle.cpp and db/db base.cpp.
Recommendations For BOINC version 6.13.x, consider updating to a newer version that addresses these buffer overflows to prevent potential denial of service attacks.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-5280

Affected Products

Boinc