http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/ticket/1108 is probably the same bug, but I can't add information to their trac ticket.
** Bug watch added: BOINC bug tracker #1108 http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/ticket/1108 ** Also affects: boinc via http://boinc.berkeley.edu/trac/ticket/1108 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/782496 Title: boinc crashes with "*** buffer overflow detected ***" on startup -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs