CVE-2011-5280
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in BOINC 6.13.x allow remote attackers to cause a denial of...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2011-5280- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2011-5280- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2011-5179 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2011-5179- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x4mx-r8f8-rwrf No score
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in BOINC 6.13.x allow remote attackers to cause a denial of...
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.
- Record
GHSA-x4mx-r8f8-rwrf- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2011-5280- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2011-5280 No score
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.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2011-5280- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2011-5280 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Universityofcalifornia Boinc Client, published June 2, 2014. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.73%, the 86th percentile. Fixed in boinc 7.0.2+dfsg-1.
References
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/28/3
boinc.berkeley.edu/gitweb?p=boinc-v2.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=ae04b50a71f3e96ee1bc59b76fca97cf0fe976f7
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-5280
github.com/advisories/GHSA-x4mx-r8f8-rwrf
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-5280