CVE-2012-0840 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2012-0840

tables/apr_hash.c in the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) library through 1.4.5...

Vulnerability Description

tables/apr_hash.c in the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) library through 1.4.5 computes hash values without 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

portable runtime
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 0.9.1, 0.9.2, 0.9.2-dev, 0.9.3, 0.9.3-dev, 0.9.4, 0.9.5, 0.9.6, 0.9.7, 0.9.7-dev, 0.9.8, 0.9.9, 0.9.16-dev, 1.3.0, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.3.4, 1.3.4-dev, 1.3.5, 1.3.6, 1.3.6-dev, 1.3.7, 1.3.8, 1.3.9, 1.3.10, 1.3.11, 1.3.12, 1.3.13, 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4

Timeline

Official Publish: February 10th, 2012
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.