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CVE-2012-0839

MEDIUMEPSS 84th pctl
5.0
CVSS v2
NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
ocamlDebian
Fixed in:4.00.0~beta2-1CVE-2012-0839
Fixed in:4.00.0~beta2-1CVE-2012-0839
Fixed in:4.00.0~beta2-1CVE-2012-0839
Fixed in:4.00.0~beta2-1CVE-2012-0839

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

2.75%probability of exploitation in 30 days
84thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 84% of all known CVEs.

References

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