CVE-2011-5037

Published: Dec 30, 2011Modified: Apr 29, 2026

5.0

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Google: V8

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Google V8	All versions

Related CWEs

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

References (8)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0181.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/903934

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

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

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