Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 6, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2005-0687

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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Affected products

Hashcash/Hashcash4 versions
cpe:2.3:a:hashcash:hashcash:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:hashcash:hashcash:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:hashcash:hashcash:1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:hashcash:hashcash:1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =1.16

Patches

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References

bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvdPatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/14487nvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-12.xmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory

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