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Unscored CVE-2012-6051 EUVD-2012-5925GHSA-cj23-3rw6-m3cc

Google CityHash computes hash values without properly restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows context-…

Published Nov 28, 2012 · Updated Sep 16, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

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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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