CVE-2012-0840
mediumpriority · attend · 45EPSS 0.421 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-36669Apache APR - Hash Collision Denial of Servicefunctional · exploit_db
affected products (36)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (29)
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- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/apr-commits/201201.mbox/%3C20120115003715.071D423888FD@eris.apache.org%3Ecnnvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/08/3cnnvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/09/1cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47862cnnvd
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1231605&view=revcnnvd
- http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40apr.apache.org/msg24439.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40apr.apache.org/msg24472.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40apr.apache.org/msg24473.htmlcnnvd
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