VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2011-4838
CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability4.20%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2011-12-30
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Description
JRuby before 1.6.5.1 computes hash values without 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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- cve@mitre.org — Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory