VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2005-0687

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.88%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-03-06
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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