CWE-400
DiscouragedUncontrolled Resource Consumption
Abstraction: Class · Status: Draft
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
5423 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-CHQM-M3X4-H3RH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-09 18:31 – Updated: 2026-07-09 18:31Tenda CP3 V3.0 firmware V31.1.9.91 does not validate the Content-Length header field in RTSP requests (including DESCRIBE, SETUP, and PLAY methods). When a request carrying a Content-Length header is received without a corresponding message body, the RTSP parser enters a persistent body-awaiting state, causing the affected TCP connection to become permanently non-functional. The device does not actively close the connection, resulting in a TCP resource leak. This issue can be exploited by an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition.
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"details": "Tenda CP3 V3.0 firmware V31.1.9.91 does not validate the Content-Length header field in RTSP requests (including DESCRIBE, SETUP, and PLAY methods). When a request carrying a Content-Length header is received without a corresponding message body, the RTSP parser enters a persistent body-awaiting state, causing the affected TCP connection to become permanently non-functional. The device does not actively close the connection, resulting in a TCP resource leak. This issue can be exploited by an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service condition.",
"id": "GHSA-chqm-m3x4-h3rh",
"modified": "2026-07-09T18:31:52Z",
"published": "2026-07-09T18:31:52Z",
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"url": "https://github.com/kkkk2222874/cve_ID_report/blob/main/Tenda_CP3_V3.0/Tenda_CP3_V3.0/Tenda_CP3_V3.0_1th/README.md"
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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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GHSA-CHWR-HF3W-C984
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-05-10 18:44 – Updated: 2021-04-21 17:36All versions of package dat.gui are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via specifically crafted rgb and rgba values.
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"details": "All versions of package dat.gui are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via specifically crafted rgb and rgba values.",
"id": "GHSA-chwr-hf3w-c984",
"modified": "2021-04-21T17:36:43Z",
"published": "2021-05-10T18:44:38Z",
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7755"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/dataarts/dat.gui/issues/278"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/dataarts/dat.gui/pull/279"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-DATGUI-1016275"
},
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"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/package/dat.gui"
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"summary": "Regular Expression Denial of Service in dat.gui"
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GHSA-CJ7M-C2VF-M867
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:00 – Updated: 2024-04-04 02:38alqo through 4.1 (a chain-based proof-of-stake cryptocurrency) allows a remote denial of service, exploitable by an attacker who acquires even a small amount of stake/coins in the system. The attacker sends invalid headers/blocks, which are stored on the victim's disk.
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"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "alqo through 4.1 (a chain-based proof-of-stake cryptocurrency) allows a remote denial of service, exploitable by an attacker who acquires even a small amount of stake/coins in the system. The attacker sends invalid headers/blocks, which are stored on the victim\u0027s disk.",
"id": "GHSA-cj7m-c2vf-m867",
"modified": "2024-04-04T02:38:12Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:00:19Z",
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"url": "https://medium.com/%40dsl_uiuc/fake-stake-attacks-on-chain-based-proof-of-stake-cryptocurrencies-b8b05723f806"
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"url": "https://medium.com/@dsl_uiuc/fake-stake-attacks-on-chain-based-proof-of-stake-cryptocurrencies-b8b05723f806"
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"url": "http://fc19.ifca.ai/preproceedings/180-preproceedings.pdf"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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GHSA-CJ7P-FG4W-QRVH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-10-15 21:30 – Updated: 2025-11-04 00:31Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: FTS). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.39 and prior, 8.4.2 and prior and 9.0.1 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
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"nvd_published_at": "2024-10-15T20:15:08Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: FTS). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.39 and prior, 8.4.2 and prior and 9.0.1 and prior. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).",
"id": "GHSA-cj7p-fg4w-qrvh",
"modified": "2025-11-04T00:31:34Z",
"published": "2024-10-15T21:30:37Z",
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"url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241025-0006"
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"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2024.html"
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GHSA-CJ88-88MR-972W
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-07-18 17:03 – Updated: 2025-04-14 22:13glob-parent 6.0.0 is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS). This issue is fixed in version 6.0.1.
This vulnerability is separate from GHSA-ww39-953v-wcq6.
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"details": "glob-parent 6.0.0 is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS). This issue is fixed in version 6.0.1.\n\nThis vulnerability is separate from [GHSA-ww39-953v-wcq6](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-ww39-953v-wcq6).",
"id": "GHSA-cj88-88mr-972w",
"modified": "2025-04-14T22:13:25Z",
"published": "2022-07-18T17:03:23Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-35065"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch-Dashboards/issues/1103"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/gulpjs/glob-parent/pull/49"
},
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"url": "https://github.com/gulpjs/glob-parent/commit/32f6d52663b7addac38d0dff570d8127edf03f47"
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"url": "https://github.com/gulpjs/glob-parent/commit/3e9f04a3b4349db7e1962d87c9a7398cda51f339"
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"url": "https://github.com/gulpjs/glob-parent"
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"url": "https://github.com/gulpjs/glob-parent/releases/tag/v6.0.1"
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"url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230214-0010"
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"url": "https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-GLOBPARENT-1314294"
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"url": "https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-35065"
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"summary": "glob-parent 6.0.0 vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service"
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GHSA-CJ8J-37RH-8475
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-17 18:31 – Updated: 2026-04-18 01:06Allocation of resources without limits or throttling vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-JAVA bcpg on all (pg modules). This issue affects BC-JAVA before 1.84.
Unbounded PGP AEAD chunk size leads to pre-auth resource exhaustion.
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"details": "Allocation of resources without limits or throttling vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. BC-JAVA bcpg on all (pg modules). This issue affects BC-JAVA before 1.84.\n\nUnbounded PGP AEAD chunk size leads to pre-auth resource exhaustion.",
"id": "GHSA-cj8j-37rh-8475",
"modified": "2026-04-18T01:06:35Z",
"published": "2026-04-17T18:31:50Z",
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GHSA-CJ93-CHG6-VGV8
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-12 18:29 – Updated: 2026-06-12 18:29Impact
An attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to large memory usage. This requires extracting text in layout mode with large character offsets.
Patches
This has been fixed in pypdf==6.12.0.
Workarounds
If developers are unable to immediately upgrade, they should consider applying the changes from PR #3790.
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-05-28T16:16:28Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "### Impact\n\nAn attacker who uses this vulnerability can craft a PDF which leads to large memory usage. This requires extracting text in layout mode with large character offsets.\n\n### Patches\n\nThis has been fixed in [pypdf==6.12.0](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/releases/tag/6.12.0).\n\n### Workarounds\n\nIf developers are unable to immediately upgrade, they should consider applying the changes from PR [#3790](https://github.com/py-pdf/pypdf/pull/3790).",
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"modified": "2026-06-12T18:29:15Z",
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"type": "CVSS_V4"
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"summary": "pypdf: Possible large memory usage for large offsets for layout mode text"
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GHSA-CJ96-QRCP-8FFP
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-09-15 18:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 07:42Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Control de Ciber version 1.650, in the printing function. Sending a modified request by the attacker could cause a Buffer Overflow when the adminitrator tries to accept or delete the print query created by the request.
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"details": "Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Control de Ciber version 1.650, in the printing function. Sending a modified request by the attacker could cause a Buffer Overflow when the adminitrator tries to accept or delete the print query created by the request.",
"id": "GHSA-cj96-qrcp-8ffp",
"modified": "2024-04-04T07:42:29Z",
"published": "2023-09-15T18:30:30Z",
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"url": "https://www.incibe.es/en/incibe-cert/notices/aviso/multiple-vulnerabilities-control-de-ciber"
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GHSA-CJC5-J22R-W3P7
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 01:09 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:44ImageMagick 7.0.6-6 has a memory exhaustion vulnerability in ReadWPGImage in coders/wpg.c via a crafted wpg image file.
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"details": "ImageMagick 7.0.6-6 has a memory exhaustion vulnerability in ReadWPGImage in coders/wpg.c via a crafted wpg image file.",
"id": "GHSA-cjc5-j22r-w3p7",
"modified": "2025-04-20T03:44:45Z",
"published": "2022-05-14T01:09:50Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14342"
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"url": "https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/650"
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"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1"
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GHSA-CJGX-RM4J-VW44
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:31 – Updated: 2023-08-16 18:30A vulnerability in the IP fragment-handling implementation of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a memory leak on an affected device. This memory leak could prevent traffic from being processed through the device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper error handling when specific failures occur during IP fragment reassembly. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted, fragmented IP traffic to a targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to continuously consume memory on the affected device and eventually impact traffic, resulting in a DoS condition. The device could require a manual reboot to recover from the DoS condition. Note: This vulnerability applies to both IP Version 4 (IPv4) and IP Version 6 (IPv6) traffic.
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"nvd_published_at": "2020-10-21T19:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "A vulnerability in the IP fragment-handling implementation of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a memory leak on an affected device. This memory leak could prevent traffic from being processed through the device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to improper error handling when specific failures occur during IP fragment reassembly. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending crafted, fragmented IP traffic to a targeted device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to continuously consume memory on the affected device and eventually impact traffic, resulting in a DoS condition. The device could require a manual reboot to recover from the DoS condition. Note: This vulnerability applies to both IP Version 4 (IPv4) and IP Version 6 (IPv6) traffic.",
"id": "GHSA-cjgx-rm4j-vw44",
"modified": "2023-08-16T18:30:19Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:31:45Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3373"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-frag-memleak-mCtqdP9n"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/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.