CVE-2012-6051
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.
- Score
- CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2012-11-28
- Last modified
- 2024-09-16
- Weaknesses
- CWE-310
Affected products
References
- http://2012.appsec-forum.ch/conferences/#c17
- http://asfws12.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/asfws2012-jean_philippe_aumasson-martin_bosslet-hash_flooding_dos_reloaded.p…
- http://code.google.com/p/cityhash/source/browse/trunk/NEWS
- https://www.131002.net/data/talks/appsec12_slides.pdf
