CVE-2011-5037

high

Description

Google V8 computes hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many crafted parameters, as demonstrated by attacks against Node.js.

References

http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html

http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/903934

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0181.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-12-30

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High