VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-8806
Electric Coin Company Zcashd before 2.1.1-1 allows attackers to trigger consensus failure and double spending.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.03%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.03%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Electric Coin Company Zcashd before 2.1.1-1 allows attackers to trigger consensus failure and double spending. A valid chain could be incorrectly rejected because timestamp requirements on block headers were not properly enforced.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.03% probability · 62th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-863
- Affected
- electriccoin/zcashd
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://electriccoin.co/blog/new-releases-2-1-1-and-hotfix-2-1-1-1/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://electriccoin.co/blog/new-releases-2-1-1-and-hotfix-2-1-1-1/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.