Vulnerability in Hashcash

CVE-2005-0687

Format string vulnerability in Hashcash 1.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a reply address, which is not properly handled when printing the header.

EPSS: 0.029 (85.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Hashcash — versions 1.14, 1.15, 1.16
  • N/a — versions n/a

References

  • cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Patch, x_refsource_GENTOO, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)