CVE-2012-5373 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Oracle Java SE and OpenJDK versions 7 and earlier. The flaw allows attackers to trigger predictable hash collisions, leading to high CPU consumption when crafted input is processed by applications using hash tables. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity to achieve partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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