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CVE-2015-0885
checkpw 1.02 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a -- (dash dash) in a username.
Medium5.0EPSS 2.4%
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- jpcert
Description
checkpw 1.02 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a -- (dash dash) in a username.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- JVN#34790526 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNx_transferred
- http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN34790526/995575/index.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3192 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://checkpw.sourceforge.net/checkpw/changes.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- JVNDB-2015-000032 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDBx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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