CWE-400
DiscouragedUncontrolled Resource Consumption
Abstraction: Class · Status: Draft
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
5412 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-M9P9-MH4F-QXMQ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 02:18 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:46An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (unbounded recursion, stack consumption, and hypervisor crash) or possibly gain privileges via crafted page-table stacking.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2017-15595"
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2017-10-18T08:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "An issue was discovered in Xen through 4.9.x allowing x86 PV guest OS users to cause a denial of service (unbounded recursion, stack consumption, and hypervisor crash) or possibly gain privileges via crafted page-table stacking.",
"id": "GHSA-m9p9-mh4f-qxmq",
"modified": "2025-04-20T03:46:58Z",
"published": "2022-05-14T02:18:43Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15595"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00027.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00021.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-14"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX228867"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4050"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43014"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-240.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-M9PP-9784-85QG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-24 15:32 – Updated: 2026-04-24 18:31An issue in Hostbill v.2025-11-24 and 2025-12-01 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the Client Balance component
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-31051"
],
"database_specific": {
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"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-04-24T15:16:27Z",
"severity": "LOW"
},
"details": "An issue in Hostbill v.2025-11-24 and 2025-12-01 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the Client Balance component",
"id": "GHSA-m9pp-9784-85qg",
"modified": "2026-04-24T18:31:07Z",
"published": "2026-04-24T15:32:32Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31051"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://blog.hostbillapp.com/2025/12/03/hostbill-security-advisory"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/Muhammad5235/HostBill-CVEs-2025/blob/main/Business%20Logic%20Vulnerability/Business%20Logic%20Vulnerability"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://hostbillapp.com/changelog"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://hostbillapp.com/release-notes/11-27-2025.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://hostbillapp.com/release-notes/12-01-2025.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://hostbillapp.com/responsible-disclosure"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-M9Q8-9M2H-84GH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 01:20 – Updated: 2022-05-14 01:20Docker Engine before 18.09 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (dockerd memory consumption) via a large integer in a --cpuset-mems or --cpuset-cpus value, related to daemon/daemon_unix.go, pkg/parsers/parsers.go, and pkg/sysinfo/sysinfo.go.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-20699"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2019-01-12T02:29:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Docker Engine before 18.09 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (dockerd memory consumption) via a large integer in a --cpuset-mems or --cpuset-cpus value, related to daemon/daemon_unix.go, pkg/parsers/parsers.go, and pkg/sysinfo/sysinfo.go.",
"id": "GHSA-m9q8-9m2h-84gh",
"modified": "2022-05-14T01:20:24Z",
"published": "2022-05-14T01:20:24Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20699"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/docker/engine/pull/70"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/moby/moby/pull/37967"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0487"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-M9WC-H684-M6RQ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:40 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:40A wrong check in Nextcloud Server 19 and prior allowed to perform a denial of service attack when resetting the password for a user.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-8295"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-01-26T18:16:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A wrong check in Nextcloud Server 19 and prior allowed to perform a denial of service attack when resetting the password for a user.",
"id": "GHSA-m9wc-h684-m6rq",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:40:19Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:40:19Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8295"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/812754"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://nextcloud.com/security/advisory/?id=NC-SA-2021-003"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-MC83-5HWV-9C74
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-05-10 06:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 03:58In affected versions of Octopus Deploy it is possible to upload a zipbomb file as a task which results in Denial of Service
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-4008"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-05-10T06:15:09Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In affected versions of Octopus Deploy it is possible to upload a zipbomb file as a task which results in Denial of Service",
"id": "GHSA-mc83-5hwv-9c74",
"modified": "2024-04-04T03:58:20Z",
"published": "2023-05-10T06:30:28Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4008"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://advisories.octopus.com/post/2023/sa2023-08"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-MC85-9RQH-47WR
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-05-18 18:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 04:14An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability issue that could arise by sending crafted requests to a service to consume a large amount of memory, eventually resulting in the service being stopped and restarted was discovered in Western Digital My Cloud Home, My Cloud Home Duo, SanDisk ibi and Western Digital My Cloud OS 5 devices. This issue requires the attacker to already have root privileges in order to exploit this vulnerability.This issue affects My Cloud Home and My Cloud Home Duo: before 9.4.0-191; ibi: before 9.4.0-191; My Cloud OS 5: before 5.26.202.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-36326"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-05-18T18:15:09Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "An uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability issue that could arise by sending crafted requests to a service to consume a large amount of memory, eventually resulting in the service being stopped and restarted was discovered in Western Digital My Cloud Home, My Cloud Home Duo, SanDisk ibi and Western Digital My Cloud OS 5 devices. This issue requires the attacker to already have root privileges in order to exploit this vulnerability.This issue affects My Cloud Home and My Cloud Home Duo: before 9.4.0-191; ibi: before 9.4.0-191; My Cloud OS 5: before 5.26.202.\n\n",
"id": "GHSA-mc85-9rqh-47wr",
"modified": "2024-04-04T04:14:25Z",
"published": "2023-05-18T18:30:35Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36326"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.westerndigital.com/support/product-security/wdc-23003-western-digital-my-cloud-home-my-cloud-home-duo-and-sandisk-ibi-firmware-version-9-4-0-191"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.westerndigital.com/support/product-security/wdc-23006-my-cloud-firmware-version-5-26-202"
}
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-MCCX-HVR6-HC7G
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-12-20 21:30 – Updated: 2022-12-24 06:30The ProfileSDK has defects introduced in the design process. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect system availability.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-46315"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-12-20T21:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "The ProfileSDK has defects introduced in the design process. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect system availability.",
"id": "GHSA-mccx-hvr6-hc7g",
"modified": "2022-12-24T06:30:25Z",
"published": "2022-12-20T21:30:17Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46315"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2023/3"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://device.harmonyos.com/en/docs/security/update/security-bulletins-202212-0000001462975397"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://device.harmonyos.com/en/docs/security/update/security-bulletins-202303-0000001529824505"
}
],
"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-MCFM-J6MC-82GV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-02-17 03:30 – Updated: 2025-11-04 21:31Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.35 and prior and 8.2.0 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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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-20976"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-02-17T02:15:51Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.35 and prior and 8.2.0 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-mcfm-j6mc-82gv",
"modified": "2025-11-04T21:31:10Z",
"published": "2024-02-17T03:30:30Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-20976"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240201-0003"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2024.html"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-MCRF-7HF9-F6Q5
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-08-25 21:00 – Updated: 2023-06-13 20:48Affected versions of this crate pre-allocate memory on deserializing raw buffers without checking whether there is sufficient data available. This allows an attacker to do denial-of-service attacks by sending small msgpack messages that allocate gigabytes of memory.
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"affected": [
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"package": {
"ecosystem": "crates.io",
"name": "rmpv"
},
"ranges": [
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"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "0.4.2"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2021-08-06T19:28:40Z",
"nvd_published_at": null,
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Affected versions of this crate pre-allocate memory on deserializing raw buffers without checking whether there is sufficient data available. This allows an attacker to do denial-of-service attacks by sending small msgpack messages that allocate gigabytes of memory.\n",
"id": "GHSA-mcrf-7hf9-f6q5",
"modified": "2023-06-13T20:48:55Z",
"published": "2021-08-25T21:00:09Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/3Hren/msgpack-rust/issues/151"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/3Hren/msgpack-rust"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2017-0006.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [],
"summary": "Unchecked vector pre-allocation"
}
GHSA-MCW6-3256-64GG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-04-05 09:30 – Updated: 2024-12-13 15:51Mattermost Server versions 9.5.x before 9.5.2, 9.4.x before 9.4.4, 9.3.x before 9.3.3, 8.1.x before 8.1.11 don't limit the number of user preferences which allows an attacker to send a large number of user preferences potentially causing denial of service.
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"package": {
"ecosystem": "Go",
"name": "github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8"
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"events": [
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"introduced": "8.1.0"
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"name": "github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8"
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"name": "github.com/mattermost/mattermost/server/v8"
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"introduced": "9.4.0"
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"fixed": "9.4.4"
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"introduced": "9.5.0"
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"fixed": "9.5.2"
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],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-28949"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400",
"CWE-770"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2024-04-05T17:05:05Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2024-04-05T09:15:09Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Mattermost Server versions 9.5.x before 9.5.2, 9.4.x before 9.4.4, 9.3.x before 9.3.3, 8.1.x before 8.1.11 don\u0027t limit the number of user preferences which allows an attacker to send a large number of user preferences potentially causing denial of service.\n\n",
"id": "GHSA-mcw6-3256-64gg",
"modified": "2024-12-13T15:51:20Z",
"published": "2024-04-05T09:30:39Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28949"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/commit/11a21f4da352a472a09de3b8e125514750a6619a"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/commit/362b7d29d35c00fe80721d3d47442a4f3168eb2b"
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"url": "https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/commit/5632d6b4ff6d019a21bb8ddd037d4a931cd85ae2"
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"url": "https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/commit/88f9285173dc4cb35fa19a8b8604e098a567f704"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://mattermost.com/security-updates"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2024-2695"
},
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"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "mattermost/mattermost"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Mattermost Server doesn\u0027t limit the number of user preferences"
}
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.