CVE-2015-0885: Checkpw Project Checkpw

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 2.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

checkpw 1.02 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a -- (dash dash) in a username.

Affected products

• Checkpw Project Checkpw: up to and including 1.02
• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only

Published 2015-02-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.