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CVE-2012-0840

N/A

Published: February 10, 2012 at 07:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:38 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorPortable Runtime

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 42%

Description

tables/apr_hash.c in the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) library through 1.4.5 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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (10)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST

Source: [email protected]

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/apr-commits/201201.mbox/%3C20120115003715.071D423888FD%40eris.apache.org%3E

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST

Source: [email protected]

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/08/3

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST

Source: [email protected]

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/09/1

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/47862

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch

Source: [email protected]

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1231605&view=rev

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST

Source: [email protected]

http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40apr.apache.org/msg24439.html

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST

Source: [email protected]

http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40apr.apache.org/msg24472.html

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST

Source: [email protected]

http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40apr.apache.org/msg24473.html

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-20

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