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CVE-2005-0687

CVE information

Published

19 years ago

Last Modified

15 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
7.5/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
6.4/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
Partial

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:hashcash:hashcash:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:hashcash:hashcash:1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:hashcash:hashcash:1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -