CVE-2011-5037 (GCVE-0-2011-5037)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-12-30 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:23
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Summary
Google V8 computes hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many crafted parameters, as demonstrated by attacks against Node.js.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2011-12-28 00:00
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