CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-0687

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

Risk includes potential remote code execution by an attacker, which could lead to system compromise, and DoS attacks causing memory exhaustion.

Recommendation

Immediately update Hashcash to a version after 1.16 that includes a fix for this vulnerability, and avoid processing untrusted data in string formatting functions.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS