# CVE-2021-37606: Meow hash 0.5/calico does not sufficiently thwart key recovery by an attacker who can query whether there's a collision in the bottom bits o

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-07-28 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Meow hash 0.5/calico does not sufficiently thwart key recovery by an attacker who can query whether there's a collision in the bottom bits of the hashes of two messages, as demonstrated by an attack against a long-running web service that allows the attacker to infer collisions by measuring timing differences.

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## Related

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## References

- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27978878
- https://peter.website/meow-hash-cryptanalysis

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