CVE-2012-6051

Published Nov 28, 2012

Last updated 12 years ago

Overview

Description: Google CityHash computes hash values without properly restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted input to an application that maintains a hash table, as demonstrated by a universal multicollision attack.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 5
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-310

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:google:cityhash:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "E0CA7867-026D-4CB8-9241-4DE523E642D6"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References