CVE-2012-6051 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause denial of service via CPU exhaustion by triggering predictable hash collisions in applications using the CityHash library.
- 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-2012-6051?
CVE-2012-6051 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Nov 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-310
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-6051?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Cityhash.
How do I fix CVE-2012-6051?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-6051 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-2012-6051 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-6051 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cj23-3rw6-m3cc.