VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-0839
OCaml 3.12.1 and earlier 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…
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 2.75%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.75%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
OCaml 3.12.1 and earlier 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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.75% probability · 85th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- inria/ocaml
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/07/1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/07/2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47853
- http://www.mail-archive.com/caml-list%40inria.fr/msg01477.html
- http://www.mail-archive.com/caml-list%40inria.fr/msg01478.html
- http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/07/1
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/07/2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47853
- http://www.mail-archive.com/caml-list%40inria.fr/msg01477.html
- http://www.mail-archive.com/caml-list%40inria.fr/msg01478.html
- http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.