CVE-2012-0839
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0839
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2012-0839.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2012-0839
- Downstream
- Published
- 2012-02-08T20:55:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T19:01:28Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/47853
- 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://www.mail-archive.com/caml-list%40inria.fr/msg01477.html
- http://www.mail-archive.com/caml-list%40inria.fr/msg01478.html