CVE-2012-3514

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-08-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

OCaml Xml-Light Library before r234 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 unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Nicolas Cannasse Ocaml Xml-Light Library: through r233

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/50311
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:107
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/21/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55114
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0266
http://secunia.com/advisories/50311
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:107
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/21/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55114
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0266

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