CVE-2012-2739 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and OpenJDK, affecting versions before 7 Update 6 and 7u6 build 12 respectively, and OpenJDK 8 before build 39. This flaw allows attackers to cause high CPU consumption by providing crafted input that triggers predictable hash collisions in applications utilizing hash tables. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), it is a medium-severity vulnerability that can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating low current attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:*:update5:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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