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-6QMH-QF4P-53F5
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:22 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:22IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper handling of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) renegotiation requests. By sending specially-crafted requests, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to increase the resource usage on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 178507.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-4355"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-07-01T15:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "IBM DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows (includes DB2 Connect Server) 9.7, 10.1, 10.5, 11.1, and 11.5 is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper handling of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) renegotiation requests. By sending specially-crafted requests, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to increase the resource usage on the system. IBM X-Force ID: 178507.",
"id": "GHSA-6qmh-qf4p-53f5",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:22:14Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:22:14Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4355"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/178507"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6242350"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-6QPJ-FH7R-R7J7
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:23 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:23Mozilla Firefox before 28.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.25 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and application hang) via onbeforeunload events that trigger background JavaScript execution.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2014-1500"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2014-03-19T10:55:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Mozilla Firefox before 28.0 and SeaMonkey before 2.25 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and application hang) via onbeforeunload events that trigger background JavaScript execution.",
"id": "GHSA-6qpj-fh7r-r7j7",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:23:26Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:23:26Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1500"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=956524"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201504-01"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00016.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00017.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-03/msg00022.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00016.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2014/mfsa2014-20.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-6QVW-249J-H44C
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-02-29 03:33 – Updated: 2025-11-04 16:50The jose4j component before 0.9.4 for Java allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large p2c (aka PBES2 Count) value.
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Maven",
"name": "org.bitbucket.b_c:jose4j"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "0.9.4"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-51775"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2024-02-29T20:10:44Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2024-02-29T01:42:05Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The jose4j component before 0.9.4 for Java allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large p2c (aka PBES2 Count) value.",
"id": "GHSA-6qvw-249j-h44c",
"modified": "2025-11-04T16:50:03Z",
"published": "2024-02-29T03:33:14Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-51775"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bitbucket.org/b_c/jose4j/commits/1afaa1e174b3"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bitbucket.org/b_c/jose4j/issues/212"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241108-0002"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "jose4j denial of service via specifically crafted JWE"
}
GHSA-6R28-26Q2-VXWJ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:09 – Updated: 2022-07-13 00:01Go before 1.15.12 and 1.16.x before 1.16.5 attempts to allocate excessive memory (issue 1 of 2).
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-33196"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-20",
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-08-02T19:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Go before 1.15.12 and 1.16.x before 1.16.5 attempts to allocate excessive memory (issue 1 of 2).",
"id": "GHSA-6r28-26q2-vxwj",
"modified": "2022-07-13T00:01:25Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:09:30Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33196"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/RgCMkAEQjSI"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00016.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00017.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00021.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-02"
}
],
"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-6R37-9Q52-PQR5
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-16 15:30 – Updated: 2026-03-16 15:30HCL AION is affected by a vulnerability related to the handling of upload size limits. Improper control or validation of upload sizes may allow excessive resource consumption, which could potentially lead to service degradation or denial-of-service conditions under certain scenarios.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-52636"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-03-16T15:16:17Z",
"severity": "LOW"
},
"details": "HCL AION is affected by a vulnerability related to the handling of upload size limits. Improper control or validation of upload sizes may allow excessive resource consumption, which could potentially lead to service degradation or denial-of-service conditions under certain scenarios.",
"id": "GHSA-6r37-9q52-pqr5",
"modified": "2026-03-16T15:30:46Z",
"published": "2026-03-16T15:30:46Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-52636"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.hcl-software.com/csm?id=kb_article\u0026sysparm_article=KB0129410"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-6R3G-HMQV-CPGR
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-06 21:30 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:30Multiple unauthenticated Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerabilities exist in the Soft AP daemon accessed via the PAPI protocol. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities results in the ability to interrupt the normal operation of the affected Access Point.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-42398"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-08-06T20:15:40Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Multiple unauthenticated Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerabilities exist in the Soft AP daemon accessed via the PAPI protocol. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities results in the ability to interrupt the normal operation of the affected Access Point.",
"id": "GHSA-6r3g-hmqv-cpgr",
"modified": "2024-08-06T21:30:47Z",
"published": "2024-08-06T21:30:47Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-42398"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw04678en_us\u0026docLocale=en_US"
}
],
"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:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-6R5W-5J56-QVXC
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-10-31 21:32 – Updated: 2023-10-31 21:32In certain conditions for Calico Typha (v3.26.2, v3.25.1 and below), and Calico Enterprise Typha (v3.17.1, v3.16.3, v3.15.3 and below), a client TLS handshake can block the Calico Typha server indefinitely, resulting in denial of service. The TLS Handshake() call is performed inside the main server handle for loop without any timeout allowing an unclean TLS handshake to block the main loop indefinitely while other connections will be idle waiting for that handshake to finish.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-41377"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-10-31T20:15:09Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In certain conditions for Calico Typha (v3.26.2, v3.25.1 and below), and Calico Enterprise Typha (v3.17.1, v3.16.3, v3.15.3 and below), a client TLS handshake can block the Calico Typha server indefinitely, resulting in denial of service. The TLS Handshake() call is performed inside the main server handle for loop without any timeout allowing an unclean TLS handshake to block the main loop indefinitely while other connections will be idle waiting for that handshake to finish.\n",
"id": "GHSA-6r5w-5j56-qvxc",
"modified": "2023-10-31T21:32:35Z",
"published": "2023-10-31T21:32:35Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-41377"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/projectcalico/calico/pull/7908"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/projectcalico/calico/pull/7993"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.tigera.io/security-bulletins-tta-2023-001"
}
],
"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-6R6P-P4CC-5QGV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:54 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:54** DISPUTED ** Header::readfrom in IlmImf/ImfHeader.cpp in OpenEXR 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) via a crafted file that is accessed with the ImfOpenInputFile function in IlmImf/ImfCRgbaFile.cpp. NOTE: The maintainer and multiple third parties believe that this vulnerability isn't valid.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2017-14988"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2017-10-03T01:29:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "** DISPUTED ** Header::readfrom in IlmImf/ImfHeader.cpp in OpenEXR 2.2.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) via a crafted file that is accessed with the ImfOpenInputFile function in IlmImf/ImfCRgbaFile.cpp. NOTE: The maintainer and multiple third parties believe that this vulnerability isn\u0027t valid.",
"id": "GHSA-6r6p-p4cc-5qgv",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:54:08Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:54:08Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14988"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/openexr/openexr/issues/248"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00063.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-6R82-P88G-MC9G
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 16:48 – Updated: 2024-04-04 00:58Resource allocation error while playing the video whose dimensions are more than supported dimension in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables in MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, QCS605, Qualcomm 215, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 439 / SD 429, SD 450, SD 625, SD 632, SD 636, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 730, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SD 8CX, SDA660, SDM439, SDM630, SDM660, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, SXR1130
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2019-2259"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2019-06-14T17:29:00Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
},
"details": "Resource allocation error while playing the video whose dimensions are more than supported dimension in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice \u0026 Music, Snapdragon Wearables in MSM8909W, MSM8996AU, QCS605, Qualcomm 215, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 439 / SD 429, SD 450, SD 625, SD 632, SD 636, SD 675, SD 712 / SD 710 / SD 670, SD 730, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845 / SD 850, SD 855, SD 8CX, SDA660, SDM439, SDM630, SDM660, Snapdragon_High_Med_2016, SXR1130",
"id": "GHSA-6r82-p88g-mc9g",
"modified": "2024-04-04T00:58:18Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T16:48:05Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2259"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.qualcomm.com/company/product-security/bulletins"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-6RJJ-XFRV-VPGF
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:47 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:37The bmpr_read_uncompressed function in imagew-bmp.c in libimageworsener.a in ImageWorsener before 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted image.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2017-8327"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2017-04-29T20:59:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "The bmpr_read_uncompressed function in imagew-bmp.c in libimageworsener.a in ImageWorsener before 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted image.",
"id": "GHSA-6rjj-xfrv-vpgf",
"modified": "2025-04-20T03:37:03Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:47:27Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8327"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/jsummers/imageworsener/commit/86564051db45b466e5f667111ce00b5eeedc8fb6"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/27/imageworsener-memory-allocation-failure-in-my_mallocfn-imagew-cmd-c"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-06"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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.