{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2012-3514","details":"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consumption) via unspecified vectors.","modified":"2025-07-16T08:16:04.872435Z","published":"2012-08-25T10:29:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-07-18T16:42:46Z","upstream":["CVE-2012-3514"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3514"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/21/2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/50311"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3514"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"xml-light","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/xml-light@2.2-17?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.2-17"}]}],"versions":["2.2-15"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"libxml-light-ocaml","binary_version":"2.2-17"},{"binary_name":"libxml-light-ocaml-dev","binary_version":"2.2-17"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-3514.json"}},{"package":{"name":"xml-light","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/xml-light@2.2-17?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.2-17"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"libxml-light-ocaml","binary_version":"2.2-17"},{"binary_name":"libxml-light-ocaml-dev","binary_version":"2.2-17"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-3514.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}