VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2012-6051
CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.61%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-11-28
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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.