Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-0039

Title: Gnome Glib Denial of Service (DoS)

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-0039.

CWE Category CWE-310
Published Date Jan 14, 2012
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.16%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-0039: GLib 2.31.8 and earlier, when the g_str_hash function is used, 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. NOTE: this issue may be disputed by the vendor; the existence of the g_str_hash function is not a vulnerability in the library, because callers of g_hash_table_new and g_hash_table_new_full can specify an arbitrary hash function that is appropriate for the application.

Impacted Vendors

G
gnome 1

Reference Links

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=655044 http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2003-May/msg00111.html http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/10/12 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772720 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=655044 http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtk-devel-list/2003-May/msg00111.html http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/10/12 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772720
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity HIGH
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-0039 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.