CWE-400
DiscouragedUncontrolled Resource Consumption
Abstraction: Class · Status: Draft
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
5592 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-2CPV-W8W3-MPJ4
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-27 21:31 – Updated: 2026-07-28 18:32A denial of service issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.6. A local attacker may be able to cause a denial of service.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-43806"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-07-27T21:17:03Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A denial of service issue was addressed by removing the vulnerable code. This issue is fixed in macOS Tahoe 26.6. A local attacker may be able to cause a denial of service.",
"id": "GHSA-2cpv-w8w3-mpj4",
"modified": "2026-07-28T18:32:52Z",
"published": "2026-07-27T21:31:25Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43806"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/128067"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-2CQF-6XV9-F22W
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-10-26 18:30 – Updated: 2023-10-30 15:10An issue has been identified with how Elasticsearch handled incoming requests on the HTTP layer. An unauthenticated user could force an Elasticsearch node to exit with an OutOfMemory error by sending a moderate number of malformed HTTP requests. The issue was identified by Elastic Engineering and we have no indication that the issue is known or that it is being exploited in the wild.
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"name": "org.elasticsearch:elasticsearch"
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"introduced": "8.0.0"
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-31418"
],
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"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2023-10-30T15:10:36Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2023-10-26T18:15:08Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "An issue has been identified with how Elasticsearch handled incoming requests on the HTTP layer. An unauthenticated user could force an Elasticsearch node to exit with an OutOfMemory error by sending a moderate number of malformed HTTP requests. The issue was identified by Elastic Engineering and we have no indication that the issue is known or that it is being exploited in the wild.",
"id": "GHSA-2cqf-6xv9-f22w",
"modified": "2023-10-30T15:10:36Z",
"published": "2023-10-26T18:30:23Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-31418"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-9-0-7-17-13-security-update/343616"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231130-0005"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.elastic.co/community/security"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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],
"summary": "Elasticsearch vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption"
}
GHSA-2F25-PFQ3-C7H8
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-08 23:06 – Updated: 2026-05-08 23:06Impact
Anyone loading untrusted ASN1 files (eg. X509 certificates, RSA PKCS8 private or public keys, etc)
Patches
https://github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/commit/964d78101a70305df33f442f5490f0adb3b7e77f
Workarounds
No.
References
https://github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/commit/964d78101a70305df33f442f5490f0adb3b7e77f https://www.usenix.org/system/files/usenixsecurity25-shi-bing.pdf
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"affected": [
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"package": {
"ecosystem": "Packagist",
"name": "phpseclib/phpseclib"
},
"ranges": [
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"events": [
{
"introduced": "3.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "3.0.34"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-49316"
],
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"CWE-400",
"CWE-834"
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"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2026-05-08T23:06:50Z",
"nvd_published_at": null,
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "### Impact\nAnyone loading untrusted ASN1 files (eg. X509 certificates, RSA PKCS8 private or public keys, etc)\n\n### Patches\nhttps://github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/commit/964d78101a70305df33f442f5490f0adb3b7e77f\n\n### Workarounds\nNo.\n\n### References\nhttps://github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/commit/964d78101a70305df33f442f5490f0adb3b7e77f\nhttps://www.usenix.org/system/files/usenixsecurity25-shi-bing.pdf",
"id": "GHSA-2f25-pfq3-c7h8",
"modified": "2026-05-08T23:06:50Z",
"published": "2026-05-08T23:06:50Z",
"references": [
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/security/advisories/GHSA-2f25-pfq3-c7h8"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49316"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/commit/964d78101a70305df33f442f5490f0adb3b7e77f"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/phpseclib/phpseclib/CVE-2023-49316.yaml"
},
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"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/phpseclib/phpseclib/releases/tag/3.0.34"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "Phpseclib needs guardrails on large binaryfield integers"
}
GHSA-2F55-CH9H-2GFP
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-05-10 15:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 04:00Uncontrolled resource consumption in the Intel(R) Smart Campus Android application before version 9.9 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-46645"
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"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-05-10T14:15:26Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Uncontrolled resource consumption in the Intel(R) Smart Campus Android application before version 9.9 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.",
"id": "GHSA-2f55-ch9h-2gfp",
"modified": "2024-04-04T04:00:16Z",
"published": "2023-05-10T15:30:21Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46645"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00815.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-2F63-9QQV-J7RV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-07-18 21:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 06:14ChakraCore branch master cbb9b was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function Js::EntryPointInfo::HasInlinees().
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-37142"
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"database_specific": {
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"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-07-18T20:15:09Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "ChakraCore branch master cbb9b was discovered to contain a segmentation violation via the function Js::EntryPointInfo::HasInlinees().",
"id": "GHSA-2f63-9qqv-j7rv",
"modified": "2024-04-04T06:14:39Z",
"published": "2023-07-18T21:30:37Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-37142"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore/issues/6887"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-2F88-2R9H-HX4P
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-01 00:30 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:33A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.7.5, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5. A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected app termination or heap corruption.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-24235"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-03-31T23:15:20Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "A memory initialization issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in macOS Ventura 13.7.5, macOS Sequoia 15.4, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5. A remote attacker may be able to cause unexpected app termination or heap corruption.",
"id": "GHSA-2f88-2r9h-hx4p",
"modified": "2025-11-03T21:33:19Z",
"published": "2025-04-01T00:30:38Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24235"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/122373"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/122374"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/en-us/122375"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/10"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/8"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/9"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-2FGJ-Q22Q-G9PG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-02-08 00:30 – Updated: 2025-03-25 18:30Nordic Semiconductor, Microchip Technology NRF5340-DK DT100112 was discovered to contain an issue which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted ConReq packet.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-40480"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-02-08T00:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Nordic Semiconductor, Microchip Technology NRF5340-DK DT100112 was discovered to contain an issue which allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted ConReq packet.",
"id": "GHSA-2fgj-q22q-g9pg",
"modified": "2025-03-25T18:30:24Z",
"published": "2023-02-08T00:30:33Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40480"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://blediff.github.io"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-2FJV-FFR6-WH68
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-06-24 21:33 – Updated: 2025-10-15 18:31Adminer and AdminerEvo allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service by connecting to an attacker-controlled service that responds with HTTP redirects. The denial of service is subject to PHP configuration limits. Adminer is no longer supported, but this issue was fixed in AdminerEvo version 4.8.4.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-45196"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-06-24T21:15:25Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Adminer and AdminerEvo allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service by connecting to an attacker-controlled service that responds with HTTP redirects. The denial of service is subject to PHP configuration limits.\u00a0Adminer is no longer supported, but this issue was fixed in AdminerEvo version 4.8.4.",
"id": "GHSA-2fjv-ffr6-wh68",
"modified": "2025-10-15T18:31:47Z",
"published": "2024-06-24T21:33:21Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45196"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/adminerevo/adminerevo/pull/102/commits/23e7cdc0a32b3739e13d19ae504be0fe215142b6"
}
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:Y/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
]
}
GHSA-2FPQ-JHJC-VQFV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-12-08 00:01 – Updated: 2021-12-08 00:01A vulnerability found in UniFi Switch firmware Version 5.43.35 and earlier allows a malicious actor who has already gained access to the network to perform a Deny of Service (DoS) attack on the affected switch.This vulnerability is fixed in UniFi Switch firmware 5.76.6 and later.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-44527"
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"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-12-07T14:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A vulnerability found in UniFi Switch firmware Version 5.43.35 and earlier allows a malicious actor who has already gained access to the network to perform a Deny of Service (DoS) attack on the affected switch.This vulnerability is fixed in UniFi Switch firmware 5.76.6 and later.",
"id": "GHSA-2fpq-jhjc-vqfv",
"modified": "2021-12-08T00:01:28Z",
"published": "2021-12-08T00:01:28Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44527"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://community.ui.com/releases/Security-Advisory-Bulletin-022-022/cd83c01b-33e4-454a-b3b9-1c3ccebea7cb"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-2FXF-G7GX-J9PR
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-04-15 21:31 – Updated: 2025-04-15 21:31Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.1.6. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.7 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H).
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-30725"
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-04-15T21:16:02Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "Vulnerability in the Oracle VM VirtualBox product of Oracle Virtualization (component: Core). The supported version that is affected is 7.1.6. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Oracle VM VirtualBox executes to compromise Oracle VM VirtualBox. While the vulnerability is in Oracle VM VirtualBox, attacks may significantly impact additional products (scope change). Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle VM VirtualBox as well as unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data and unauthorized read access to a subset of Oracle VM VirtualBox accessible data. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 6.7 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H).",
"id": "GHSA-2fxf-g7gx-j9pr",
"modified": "2025-04-15T21:31:48Z",
"published": "2025-04-15T21:31:48Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30725"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2025.html"
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}
Mitigation
Design throttling mechanisms into the system architecture. The best protection is to limit the amount of resources that an unauthorized user can cause to be expended. A strong authentication and access control model will help prevent such attacks from occurring in the first place. The login application should be protected against DoS attacks as much as possible. Limiting the database access, perhaps by caching result sets, can help minimize the resources expended. To further limit the potential for a DoS attack, consider tracking the rate of requests received from users and blocking requests that exceed a defined rate threshold.
Mitigation
- Mitigation of resource exhaustion attacks requires that the target system either:
- The first of these solutions is an issue in itself though, since it may allow attackers to prevent the use of the system by a particular valid user. If the attacker impersonates the valid user, they may be able to prevent the user from accessing the server in question.
- The second solution is simply difficult to effectively institute -- and even when properly done, it does not provide a full solution. It simply makes the attack require more resources on the part of the attacker.
- recognizes the attack and denies that user further access for a given amount of time, or
- uniformly throttles all requests in order to make it more difficult to consume resources more quickly than they can again be freed.
Mitigation
Ensure that protocols have specific limits of scale placed on them.
Mitigation
Ensure that all failures in resource allocation place the system into a safe posture.
CAPEC-147: XML Ping of the Death
An attacker initiates a resource depletion attack where a large number of small XML messages are delivered at a sufficiently rapid rate to cause a denial of service or crash of the target. Transactions such as repetitive SOAP transactions can deplete resources faster than a simple flooding attack because of the additional resources used by the SOAP protocol and the resources necessary to process SOAP messages. The transactions used are immaterial as long as they cause resource utilization on the target. In other words, this is a normal flooding attack augmented by using messages that will require extra processing on the target.
CAPEC-227: Sustained Client Engagement
An adversary attempts to deny legitimate users access to a resource by continually engaging a specific resource in an attempt to keep the resource tied up as long as possible. The adversary's primary goal is not to crash or flood the target, which would alert defenders; rather it is to repeatedly perform actions or abuse algorithmic flaws such that a given resource is tied up and not available to a legitimate user. By carefully crafting a requests that keep the resource engaged through what is seemingly benign requests, legitimate users are limited or completely denied access to the resource.
CAPEC-492: Regular Expression Exponential Blowup
An adversary may execute an attack on a program that uses a poor Regular Expression(Regex) implementation by choosing input that results in an extreme situation for the Regex. A typical extreme situation operates at exponential time compared to the input size. This is due to most implementations using a Nondeterministic Finite Automaton(NFA) state machine to be built by the Regex algorithm since NFA allows backtracking and thus more complex regular expressions.