CWE-400
DiscouragedUncontrolled Resource Consumption
Abstraction: Class · Status: Draft
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
5435 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-3F8C-7JHJ-QX5R
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-15 21:30 – Updated: 2026-06-16 15:33An issue in the attachment handling component of Feuerhamster MailForm v1.1.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted request.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-50878"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-06-15T20:16:30Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "An issue in the attachment handling component of Feuerhamster MailForm v1.1.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted request.",
"id": "GHSA-3f8c-7jhj-qx5r",
"modified": "2026-06-16T15:33:47Z",
"published": "2026-06-15T21:30:40Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-50878"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gist.github.com/pyuysig/d4c2ace69162c82f1df197ce0f45d63f"
}
],
"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-3FHH-PGVH-2W97
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-21 21:31 – Updated: 2026-04-21 21:31Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions that are affected are 9.0.0-9.6.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low 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 6.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-34272"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-04-21T21:16:31Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: Optimizer). Supported versions that are affected are 9.0.0-9.6.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows low 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 6.5 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).",
"id": "GHSA-3fhh-pgvh-2w97",
"modified": "2026-04-21T21:31:25Z",
"published": "2026-04-21T21:31:25Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34272"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2026.html"
}
],
"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"
}
]
}
GHSA-3FJH-3QMQ-P25V
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:39 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:39A vulnerability in the system resource management of Cisco Elastic Services Controller (ESC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) to the health monitor API on an affected device. The vulnerability is due to inadequate provisioning of kernel parameters for the maximum number of TCP connections and SYN backlog. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a flood of crafted TCP packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to block TCP listening ports that are used by the health monitor API. This vulnerability only affects customers who use the health monitor API.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-1312"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-01-20T20:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "\n A vulnerability in the system resource management of Cisco Elastic Services Controller (ESC) could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) to the health monitor API on an affected device.\n The vulnerability is due to inadequate provisioning of kernel parameters for the maximum number of TCP connections and SYN backlog. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a flood of crafted TCP packets to an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to block TCP listening ports that are used by the health monitor API. This vulnerability only affects customers who use the health monitor API.\n ",
"id": "GHSA-3fjh-3qmq-p25v",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:39:41Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:39:41Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1312"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-esc-dos-4Gw6D527"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-3FM3-M23V-5R46
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-12-28 00:30 – Updated: 2023-01-10 15:58Due to support of Gzip compression in request bodies, as well as a lack of limiting response body sizes, a malicious server can cause a client to consume a significant amount of system resources, which may be used as a denial of service vector.
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Go",
"name": "github.com/tendermint/tendermint"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "0.31.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2019-25072"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2022-12-30T19:15:32Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2022-12-27T22:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Due to support of Gzip compression in request bodies, as well as a lack of limiting response body sizes, a malicious server can cause a client to consume a significant amount of system resources, which may be used as a denial of service vector.",
"id": "GHSA-3fm3-m23v-5r46",
"modified": "2023-01-10T15:58:49Z",
"published": "2022-12-28T00:30:23Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-25072"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/pull/3430"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/commit/03085c2da23b179c4a51f59a03cb40aa4e85a613"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2020-0037"
}
],
"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"
}
],
"summary": "Tendermint Client package vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption"
}
GHSA-3FP3-6M8H-4X7C
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:08 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:08pmm-server in Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) 2.2.x before 2.2.1 allows unauthenticated denial of service.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-7920"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-02-06T17:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "pmm-server in Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) 2.2.x before 2.2.1 allows unauthenticated denial of service.",
"id": "GHSA-3fp3-6m8h-4x7c",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:08:10Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:08:10Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7920"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://jira.percona.com/browse/PMM-5232"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://jira.percona.com/browse/PMM-5233"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.percona.com/blog/2020/02/03/improvements-in-pmm-bug-fixes-in-percona-server-percona-backup-for-mongodb-alert-release-roundup-2-3-2020"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.percona.com/doc/percona-monitoring-and-management/2.x/release-notes/2.2.1.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-3FX5-FWVR-XRJG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2017-10-24 18:33 – Updated: 2024-08-01 16:44Versions of ms prior to 0.7.1 are affected by a regular expression denial of service vulnerability when extremely long version strings are parsed.
Proof of Concept
var ms = require('ms');
var genstr = function (len, chr) {
var result = "";
for (i=0; i<=len; i++) {
result = result + chr;
}
return result;
}
ms(genstr(process.argv[2], "5") + " minutea");
Results
Showing increase in execution time based on the input string.
$ time node ms.js 10000
real 0m0.758s
user 0m0.724s
sys 0m0.031s
$ time node ms.js 20000
real 0m2.580s
user 0m2.494s
sys 0m0.047s
$ time node ms.js 30000
real 0m5.747s
user 0m5.483s
sys 0m0.080s
$ time node ms.js 80000
real 0m41.022s
user 0m38.894s
sys 0m0.529s
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "npm",
"name": "ms"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "0.7.1"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2015-8315"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-1333",
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T20:55:05Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2017-01-23T21:59:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Versions of `ms` prior to 0.7.1 are affected by a regular expression denial of service vulnerability when extremely long version strings are parsed.\n\n## Proof of Concept\n```javascript\nvar ms = require(\u0027ms\u0027);\nvar genstr = function (len, chr) {\n var result = \"\";\n for (i=0; i\u003c=len; i++) {\n result = result + chr;\n }\n\n return result;\n}\n\nms(genstr(process.argv[2], \"5\") + \" minutea\");\n\n```\n\n### Results\nShowing increase in execution time based on the input string.\n```\n$ time node ms.js 10000\n\nreal\t0m0.758s\nuser\t0m0.724s\nsys\t0m0.031s\n\n$ time node ms.js 20000\n\nreal\t0m2.580s\nuser\t0m2.494s\nsys\t0m0.047s\n\n$ time node ms.js 30000\n\nreal\t0m5.747s\nuser\t0m5.483s\nsys\t0m0.080s\n\n$ time node ms.js 80000\n\nreal\t0m41.022s\nuser\t0m38.894s\nsys\t0m0.529s\n```\n",
"id": "GHSA-3fx5-fwvr-xrjg",
"modified": "2024-08-01T16:44:35Z",
"published": "2017-10-24T18:33:36Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8315"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/unshiftio/millisecond"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/46"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K46337613?utm_source=f5support\u0026amp%3Butm_medium=RSS"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K46337613?utm_source=f5support\u0026amp;utm_medium=RSS"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20200227190911/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96389"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/20/11"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96389"
}
],
"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"
}
],
"summary": "Regular Expression Denial of Service in ms"
}
GHSA-3G25-46V4-H26C
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:50 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:50** DISPUTED ** Technicolor TG588V V2 devices allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (networking outage) via a flood of random MAC addresses, as demonstrated by macof. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2018-15852 and CVE-2018-15907. NOTE: Technicolor denies that the described behavior is a vulnerability and states that Wi-Fi traffic is slowed or stopped only while the devices are exposed to a MAC flooding attack. This has been confirmed through testing against official up-to-date versions.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-16310"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2018-09-06T23:29:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "** DISPUTED ** Technicolor TG588V V2 devices allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (networking outage) via a flood of random MAC addresses, as demonstrated by macof. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2018-15852 and CVE-2018-15907. NOTE: Technicolor denies that the described behavior is a vulnerability and states that Wi-Fi traffic is slowed or stopped only while the devices are exposed to a MAC flooding attack. This has been confirmed through testing against official up-to-date versions.",
"id": "GHSA-3g25-46v4-h26c",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:50:20Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:50:20Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16310"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://buddieshub27.blogspot.com/2018/09/cve-2018-16310-technicolor-tg588v-v2.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-3G3H-74P9-27C2
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:04 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:04Uncontrolled resource consumption in some Intel(R) Thunderbolt(TM) controllers may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-12296"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-06-09T19:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Uncontrolled resource consumption in some Intel(R) Thunderbolt(TM) controllers may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.",
"id": "GHSA-3g3h-74p9-27c2",
"modified": "2022-05-24T19:04:29Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:04:29Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12296"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00401.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-3G45-CR6Q-GF5G
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-07-17 00:32 – Updated: 2025-11-04 18:31Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: InnoDB). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.37 and prior and 8.4.0 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).
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-21173"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-07-16T23:15:20Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: InnoDB). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.37 and prior and 8.4.0 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-3g45-cr6q-gf5g",
"modified": "2025-11-04T18:31:08Z",
"published": "2024-07-17T00:32:55Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-21173"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240801-0001"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2024.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-3G4P-M6J4-FXHJ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-11-06 18:32 – Updated: 2025-11-10 18:30An issue in KiloView Dual Channel 4k HDMI & 3G-SDI HEVC Video Encoder Firmware v.1.20.0006 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the systemctrl API System/reFactory component.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-63560"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-11-06T17:15:46Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "An issue in KiloView Dual Channel 4k HDMI \u0026 3G-SDI HEVC Video Encoder Firmware v.1.20.0006 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the systemctrl API System/reFactory component.",
"id": "GHSA-3g4p-m6j4-fxhj",
"modified": "2025-11-10T18:30:33Z",
"published": "2025-11-06T18:32:57Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-63560"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://darrinj99.github.io/writeups/kiloview_e3.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/Darrinj99/Vuln-Writeups-/blob/main/CVE-2025-63560/README.md"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://kiloview.com"
}
],
"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"
}
]
}
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.