CVE-2011-5037

N/A Unknown
Published: December 30, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/903934
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0181.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/903934
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.5%
72th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

google