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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-11-28T11:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:06:27.792Z

Reserved: 2012-11-28T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2012-6051

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2012-11-28T13:03:10.323

Modified: 2012-11-29T05:00:00.000

Link: CVE-2012-6051

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-11-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-6051 - Bugzilla