CWE-400
DiscouragedUncontrolled Resource Consumption
Abstraction: Class · Status: Draft
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
5531 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-6H2Q-3HC7-CVJ3
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-09-21 00:00 – Updated: 2022-09-25 00:00A remote potential adjacent denial of service (DoS) and potential adjacent arbitrary code execution vulnerability that could potentially lead to a loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability were discovered in HPE Integrated Lights-Out 5 (iLO 5) in Version: 2.71. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has provided updated firmware for HPE Integrated Lights-Out 5 (iLO 5) that addresses these security vulnerabilities.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-28639"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-09-20T21:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A remote potential adjacent denial of service (DoS) and potential adjacent arbitrary code execution vulnerability that could potentially lead to a loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability were discovered in HPE Integrated Lights-Out 5 (iLO 5) in Version: 2.71. Hewlett Packard Enterprise has provided updated firmware for HPE Integrated Lights-Out 5 (iLO 5) that addresses these security vulnerabilities.",
"id": "GHSA-6h2q-3hc7-cvj3",
"modified": "2022-09-25T00:00:19Z",
"published": "2022-09-21T00:00:35Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28639"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US\u0026docId=emr_na-hpesbhf04365en_us"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-6H65-GFVX-7G45
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-02-10 00:00 – Updated: 2022-05-24 00:01Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-22712"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-02-09T17:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability.",
"id": "GHSA-6h65-gfvx-7g45",
"modified": "2022-05-24T00:01:03Z",
"published": "2022-02-10T00:00:22Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22712"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-22712"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2022-22712"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-6HPH-RHQX-JG78
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:19 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:19An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 9.7. It allows stack consumption via nested function calls for XML parsing.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2019-20819"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-06-04T16:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 9.7. It allows stack consumption via nested function calls for XML parsing.",
"id": "GHSA-6hph-rhqx-jg78",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:19:14Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:19:14Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20819"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-6HPJ-M38R-374M
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-07 12:30 – Updated: 2024-05-07 12:30Remote denial of service vulnerability in LAN Messenger affecting version 3.4.0. This vulnerability allows an attacker to crash the LAN Messenger service by sending a long string directly and continuously over the UDP protocol.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-4599"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-05-07T11:15:50Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Remote denial of service vulnerability in LAN Messenger affecting version 3.4.0. This vulnerability allows an attacker to crash the LAN Messenger service by sending a long string directly and continuously over the UDP protocol.",
"id": "GHSA-6hpj-m38r-374m",
"modified": "2024-05-07T12:30:50Z",
"published": "2024-05-07T12:30:50Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4599"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/denial-service-vulnerability-lan-messenger"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-6HPV-X6VH-WR8V
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 01:18 – Updated: 2022-05-14 01:18The inet module in FreeBSD 10.2x before 10.2-PRERELEASE, 10.2-BETA2-p2, 10.2-RC1-p1, 10.1x before 10.1-RELEASE-p16, 9.x before 9.3-STABLE, 9.3-RELEASE-p21, and 8.x before 8.4-STABLE, 8.4-RELEASE-p35 on systems with VNET enabled and at least 16 VNET instances allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (mbuf consumption) via multiple concurrent TCP connections.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2015-1417"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2017-07-25T18:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "The inet module in FreeBSD 10.2x before 10.2-PRERELEASE, 10.2-BETA2-p2, 10.2-RC1-p1, 10.1x before 10.1-RELEASE-p16, 9.x before 9.3-STABLE, 9.3-RELEASE-p21, and 8.x before 8.4-STABLE, 8.4-RELEASE-p35 on systems with VNET enabled and at least 16 VNET instances allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (mbuf consumption) via multiple concurrent TCP connections.",
"id": "GHSA-6hpv-x6vh-wr8v",
"modified": "2022-05-14T01:18:45Z",
"published": "2022-05-14T01:18:45Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1417"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-15:15.tcp.asc"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76112"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033111"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-6J29-45PF-R9WM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-12-22 21:30 – Updated: 2025-04-15 18:31If a website called window.print() in a particular way, it could cause a denial of service of the browser, which may persist beyond browser restart depending on the user's session restore settings. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 102.4, Firefox ESR < 102.4, and Firefox < 106.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-42929"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-12-22T20:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "If a website called \u003ccode\u003ewindow.print()\u003c/code\u003e in a particular way, it could cause a denial of service of the browser, which may persist beyond browser restart depending on the user\u0027s session restore settings. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird \u003c 102.4, Firefox ESR \u003c 102.4, and Firefox \u003c 106.",
"id": "GHSA-6j29-45pf-r9wm",
"modified": "2025-04-15T18:31:34Z",
"published": "2022-12-22T21:30:28Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42929"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1789439"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-44"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-45"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2022-46"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-6J5W-96R9-MM4V
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:31 – Updated: 2025-06-26 18:31Mitsubishi Electric Q03/04/06/13/26UDVCPU: serial number 20081 and prior, Q04/06/13/26UDPVCPU: serial number 20081 and prior, and Q03UDECPU, Q04/06/10/13/20/26/50/100UDEHCPU: serial number 20101 and prior. A remote attacker can send specific bytes over Port 5007 that will result in an Ethernet stack crash.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2019-6535"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2019-02-05T19:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Mitsubishi Electric Q03/04/06/13/26UDVCPU: serial number 20081 and prior, Q04/06/13/26UDPVCPU: serial number 20081 and prior, and Q03UDECPU, Q04/06/10/13/20/26/50/100UDEHCPU: serial number 20101 and prior. A remote attacker can send specific bytes over Port 5007 that will result in an Ethernet stack crash.",
"id": "GHSA-6j5w-96r9-mm4v",
"modified": "2025-06-26T18:31:18Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:31:13Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6535"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSA-19-029-02"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-19-029-02"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106771"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-6J8W-MCJJ-7669
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-06 18:31 – Updated: 2026-03-10 18:31An issue was discovered in Binutils before 2.46. The objdump contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted binary with malformed debug information. A logic flaw in the handling of DWARF location list headers can cause objdump to enter an unbounded loop and produce endless output until manually interrupted. This issue affects versions prior to the upstream fix and allows a local attacker to cause excessive resource consumption by supplying a malicious input file.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-69644"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-03-06T18:16:16Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "An issue was discovered in Binutils before 2.46. The objdump contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted binary with malformed debug information. A logic flaw in the handling of DWARF location list headers can cause objdump to enter an unbounded loop and produce endless output until manually interrupted. This issue affects versions prior to the upstream fix and allows a local attacker to cause excessive resource consumption by supplying a malicious input file.",
"id": "GHSA-6j8w-mcjj-7669",
"modified": "2026-03-10T18:31:14Z",
"published": "2026-03-06T18:31:13Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69644"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33639"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=455446bbdc8675f34808187de2bbad4682016ff7"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-6JCX-QCJX-H99M
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-01-13 00:30 – Updated: 2023-01-24 21:30An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the PFE management daemon (evo-pfemand) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause an FPC crash leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). When a specific SNMP GET operation or a specific CLI command is executed this will cause a GUID resource leak, eventually leading to exhaustion and result in an FPC crash and reboot. GUID exhaustion will trigger a syslog message like one of the following for example: evo-pfemand[]: get_next_guid: Ran out of Guid Space ... evo-aftmand-zx[]: get_next_guid: Ran out of Guid Space ... This leak can be monitored by running the following command and taking note of the value in the rightmost column labeled Guids: user@host> show platform application-info allocations app evo-pfemand | match "IFDId|IFLId|Context" Node Application Context Name Live Allocs Fails Guids re0 evo-pfemand net::juniper::interfaces::IFDId 0 3448 0 3448 re0 evo-pfemand net::juniper::interfaces::IFLId 0 561 0 561 user@host> show platform application-info allocations app evo-pfemand | match "IFDId|IFLId|Context" Node Application Context Name Live Allocs Fails Guids re0 evo-pfemand net::juniper::interfaces::IFDId 0 3784 0 3784 re0 evo-pfemand net::juniper::interfaces::IFLId 0 647 0 647 This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: All versions prior to 20.4R3-S3-EVO; 21.1-EVO version 21.1R1-EVO and later versions; 21.2-EVO versions prior to 21.2R3-S4-EVO; 21.3-EVO version 21.3R1-EVO and later versions; 21.4-EVO versions prior to 21.4R2-EVO.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-22400"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-01-13T00:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "An Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the PFE management daemon (evo-pfemand) of Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved allows an unauthenticated, network-based attacker to cause an FPC crash leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). When a specific SNMP GET operation or a specific CLI command is executed this will cause a GUID resource leak, eventually leading to exhaustion and result in an FPC crash and reboot. GUID exhaustion will trigger a syslog message like one of the following for example: evo-pfemand[\u003cpid\u003e]: get_next_guid: Ran out of Guid Space ... evo-aftmand-zx[\u003cpid\u003e]: get_next_guid: Ran out of Guid Space ... This leak can be monitored by running the following command and taking note of the value in the rightmost column labeled Guids: user@host\u003e show platform application-info allocations app evo-pfemand | match \"IFDId|IFLId|Context\" Node Application Context Name Live Allocs Fails Guids re0 evo-pfemand net::juniper::interfaces::IFDId 0 3448 0 3448 re0 evo-pfemand net::juniper::interfaces::IFLId 0 561 0 561 user@host\u003e show platform application-info allocations app evo-pfemand | match \"IFDId|IFLId|Context\" Node Application Context Name Live Allocs Fails Guids re0 evo-pfemand net::juniper::interfaces::IFDId 0 3784 0 3784 re0 evo-pfemand net::juniper::interfaces::IFLId 0 647 0 647 This issue affects Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved: All versions prior to 20.4R3-S3-EVO; 21.1-EVO version 21.1R1-EVO and later versions; 21.2-EVO versions prior to 21.2R3-S4-EVO; 21.3-EVO version 21.3R1-EVO and later versions; 21.4-EVO versions prior to 21.4R2-EVO.",
"id": "GHSA-6jcx-qcjx-h99m",
"modified": "2023-01-24T21:30:31Z",
"published": "2023-01-13T00:30:38Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-22400"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://kb.juniper.net/JSA70196"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-6JJH-35M4-XM42
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 03:35 – Updated: 2022-05-14 03:35On F5 BIG-IP systems running 13.0.0, 12.1.0 - 12.1.3.1, or 11.6.1 - 11.6.2, every Multipath TCP (MCTCP) connection established leaks a small amount of memory. Virtual server using TCP profile with Multipath TCP (MCTCP) feature enabled will be affected by this issue.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-5500"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2018-03-01T16:29:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "On F5 BIG-IP systems running 13.0.0, 12.1.0 - 12.1.3.1, or 11.6.1 - 11.6.2, every Multipath TCP (MCTCP) connection established leaks a small amount of memory. Virtual server using TCP profile with Multipath TCP (MCTCP) feature enabled will be affected by this issue.",
"id": "GHSA-6jjh-35m4-xm42",
"modified": "2022-05-14T03:35:56Z",
"published": "2022-05-14T03:35:56Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5500"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K33211839"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103217"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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.