CVE-2011-5037
Google V8 computes hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger...
Google V8 computes hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many crafted parameters, as demonstrated by attacks against Node.js.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Google V8 computes hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many crafted parameters, as demonstrated by attacks against Node.js.
- Record
CVE-2011-5037- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Google V8 computes hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many crafted parameters, as demonstrated by attacks against Node.js.
- Record
CVE-2011-5037- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2011-4940 No score
Google V8 computes hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many crafted parameters, as demonstrated by attacks against Node.js.
- Record
EUVD-2011-4940- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vp6q-w2v3-jjp9 No score
Google V8 computes hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger...
Google V8 computes hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many crafted parameters, as demonstrated by attacks against Node.js.
- Record
GHSA-vp6q-w2v3-jjp9- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10433-1 No score
libv8-5-5.3.171-4.1 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the libv8-5-5.3.171-4.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10433-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2011-5037 No score
Google V8 computes hash values for form parameters without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many crafted parameters, as demonstrated by attacks against Node.js.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2011-5037- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| affected, facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2011-5037 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Google V8, published December 30, 2011. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.44%, the 73rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/903934
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0181.html
ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-5037
github.com/advisories/GHSA-vp6q-w2v3-jjp9
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ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-5037
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-5037
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-5037