CVE-2012-2739: oracle jdk Cryptographic Issues

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-2739 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in oracle jdk. EPSS estimates a 3.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 28-11-2012
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Oracle Java SE before 7 Update 6, and OpenJDK 7 before 7u6 build 12 and 8 before build 39, 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.

• CWE-310Cryptographic IssuesWeaknesses in this category are related to the design and implementation of data confidentiality and integrity. Frequently these deal with the use of encoding techniques, encryption libraries, and hashing algorithms. The weaknesses in this category could lead to a degradation of the quality data if they are not addressed.