FKIE_CVE-2020-8806

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-02-05 14:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:26
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
Electric Coin Company Zcashd before 2.1.1-1 allows attackers to trigger consensus failure and double spending. A valid chain could be incorrectly rejected because timestamp requirements on block headers were not properly enforced.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://electriccoin.co/blog/new-releases-2-1-1-and-hotfix-2-1-1-1/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://electriccoin.co/blog/new-releases-2-1-1-and-hotfix-2-1-1-1/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
electriccoin zcashd *
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T03:26:58.600",
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