CVE-2020-8806 describes a critical vulnerability in Electric Coin Company's Zcashd software, specifically versions prior to 2.1.1-1. This flaw allows attackers to cause consensus failures and potentially facilitate double spending by exploiting improperly enforced timestamp requirements on block headers, leading to the rejection of valid blockchain data. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires no user interaction, enabling remote attackers to impact the integrity of the Zcash network. While the potential impact is high, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:electriccoin:zcashd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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