CVE-2012-6051 (GCVE-0-2012-6051)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-11-28 11:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:06
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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