CVE-2012-0770 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via CPU exhaustion by sending crafted form parameters to Adobe ColdFusion.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-0770?
CVE-2012-0770 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Adobe Coldfusion, published on 13 Mar 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Adobe ColdFusion 8.0, 8.0.1, 9.0, and 9.0.1 computes hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many crafted parameters.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0770?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Adobe Coldfusion.
How do I fix CVE-2012-0770?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-0770 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2012-0770 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0770 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2026-48282 Adobe ColdFusion Path Traversal
- CVE-2023-38203 Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- CVE-2023-29300 Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- CVE-2023-26359 Adobe ColdFusion Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- CVE-2018-15961 Adobe ColdFusion Unrestricted File Upload
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5vjc-xmgw-9w4h.