Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 28, 2012· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-6051
CVE-2012-6051
Description
Google CityHash computes hash values without properly 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, as demonstrated by a universal multicollision attack.
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