Vulnerability in Google Cityhash

CVE-2012-6051

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.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

EPSS: 0.006 (45.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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