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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.88%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.88% probability · 86th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- hashcash/hashcash
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=83541Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14487Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-12.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=83541Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14487Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-12.xmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.