CVE-2012-5373

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Oracle Java SE versions prior to 8 OpenJDK versions prior to 8

Description The issue allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted input to an application that maintains a hash table. This is demonstrated by a universal multicollision attack against the MurmurHash3 algorithm.

Recommendations For Oracle Java SE versions prior to 8, update to version 8 or later to resolve the issue. For OpenJDK versions prior to 8, update to version 8 or later to resolve the issue.