CWE-404
Allowed-with-ReviewImproper Resource Shutdown or Release
Abstraction: Class · Status: Draft
The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.
1219 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-MJ36-J6CX-7VW2
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-02 03:31 – Updated: 2026-05-02 03:31A vulnerability has been found in Open5GS up to 2.7.6. Affected is an unknown function of the file src/amf/gmm-handler.c of the component AMF. The manipulation of the argument reg_type leads to denial of service. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Upgrading to version 2.7.7 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is ebc66942b6f8f1fab2d640e71cf4e9f1a423b426. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.
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"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "A vulnerability has been found in Open5GS up to 2.7.6. Affected is an unknown function of the file src/amf/gmm-handler.c of the component AMF. The manipulation of the argument reg_type leads to denial of service. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Upgrading to version 2.7.7 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is ebc66942b6f8f1fab2d640e71cf4e9f1a423b426. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.",
"id": "GHSA-mj36-j6cx-7vw2",
"modified": "2026-05-02T03:31:13Z",
"published": "2026-05-02T03:31:13Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7601"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/issues/4321"
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"url": "https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/commit/ebc66942b6f8f1fab2d640e71cf4e9f1a423b426"
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"url": "https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs"
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"url": "https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/releases/tag/v2.7.7"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/submit/805675"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/vuln/360558"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"type": "CVSS_V4"
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GHSA-MJJP-XJFG-97WG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-10 12:30 – Updated: 2026-02-23 22:38A security flaw has been discovered in lief-project LIEF up to 0.17.1. Affected by this issue is the function Parser::parse_binary of the file src/ELF/Parser.tcc of the component ELF Binary Parser. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack must be initiated from a local position. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. Upgrading to version 0.17.2 can resolve this issue. The patch is identified as 81bd5d7ea0c390563f1c4c017c9019d154802978. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
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"github_reviewed_at": "2026-01-13T18:31:53Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2026-01-10T12:15:49Z",
"severity": "LOW"
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"details": "A security flaw has been discovered in lief-project LIEF up to 0.17.1. Affected by this issue is the function Parser::parse_binary of the file src/ELF/Parser.tcc of the component ELF Binary Parser. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack must be initiated from a local position. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. Upgrading to version 0.17.2 can resolve this issue. The patch is identified as 81bd5d7ea0c390563f1c4c017c9019d154802978. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.",
"id": "GHSA-mjjp-xjfg-97wg",
"modified": "2026-02-23T22:38:58Z",
"published": "2026-01-10T12:30:16Z",
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15504"
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"url": "https://github.com/lief-project/LIEF/issues/1277"
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"url": "https://github.com/lief-project/LIEF/issues/1277#issuecomment-3693859001"
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"url": "https://github.com/lief-project/LIEF/commit/81bd5d7ea0c390563f1c4c017c9019d154802978"
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"url": "https://github.com/lief-project/LIEF"
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"url": "https://github.com/lief-project/LIEF/releases/tag/0.17.2"
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"url": "https://github.com/oneafter/1210/blob/main/segv1"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.340375"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.340375"
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"summary": "LIEF is vulnerable to segmentation fault"
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GHSA-MJW4-93JR-MR95
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-10-17 12:00 – Updated: 2022-10-19 12:00A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Linux Kernel. Affected by this vulnerability is the function mvpp2_dbgfs_port_init of the file drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_debugfs.c of the component mvpp2. The manipulation leads to memory leak. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-211033 was assigned to this vulnerability.
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"details": "A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Linux Kernel. Affected by this vulnerability is the function mvpp2_dbgfs_port_init of the file drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_debugfs.c of the component mvpp2. The manipulation leads to memory leak. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-211033 was assigned to this vulnerability.",
"id": "GHSA-mjw4-93jr-mr95",
"modified": "2022-10-19T12:00:20Z",
"published": "2022-10-17T12:00:26Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3535"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf-next.git/commit/?id=0152dfee235e87660f52a117fc9f70dc55956bb4"
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GHSA-MMJ5-4682-WJR2
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-02-02 18:30 – Updated: 2024-02-02 18:30A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Nsasoft NBMonitor Network Bandwidth Monitor 1.6.5.0. This affects an unknown part of the component Registration Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-252675. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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"details": "A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Nsasoft NBMonitor Network Bandwidth Monitor 1.6.5.0. This affects an unknown part of the component Registration Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-252675. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.",
"id": "GHSA-mmj5-4682-wjr2",
"modified": "2024-02-02T18:30:32Z",
"published": "2024-02-02T18:30:32Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1185"
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"url": "https://fitoxs.com/vuldb/11-exploit-perl.txt"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.252675"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.252675"
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GHSA-MP27-9VF3-RFC6
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-01-02 00:30 – Updated: 2026-02-23 09:31A vulnerability was identified in Open5GS up to 2.7.6. Affected is the function sgwc_s11_handle_create_session_request of the file src/sgwc/s11-handler.c of the component GTPv2-C F-TEID Handler. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. The attack must be carried out locally. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The name of the patch is 465273d13ba5d47b274c38c9d1b07f04859178a1. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-01-01T23:15:56Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "A vulnerability was identified in Open5GS up to 2.7.6. Affected is the function sgwc_s11_handle_create_session_request of the file src/sgwc/s11-handler.c of the component GTPv2-C F-TEID Handler. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. The attack must be carried out locally. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The name of the patch is 465273d13ba5d47b274c38c9d1b07f04859178a1. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.",
"id": "GHSA-mp27-9vf3-rfc6",
"modified": "2026-02-23T09:31:18Z",
"published": "2026-01-02T00:30:25Z",
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"url": "https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/issues/4203"
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"url": "https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/issues/4203#issue-3719257558"
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"url": "https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/issues/4203#issuecomment-3681643498"
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"url": "https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs/commit/465273d13ba5d47b274c38c9d1b07f04859178a1"
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"url": "https://github.com/open5gs/open5gs"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.339339"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.339339"
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GHSA-MPCQ-PQG7-JFV6
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-26 00:01 – Updated: 2022-06-09 00:00A Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability was discovered in F-Secure Atlant and in certain WithSecure products whereby the scanning the aemobile component can crash the scanning engine. The exploit can be triggered remotely by an attacker.
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"id": "GHSA-mpcq-pqg7-jfv6",
"modified": "2022-06-09T00:00:22Z",
"published": "2022-05-26T00:01:22Z",
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GHSA-MPGP-FQH7-8MM2
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-03-31 21:32 – Updated: 2025-03-31 21:32A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. This vulnerability affects the function Assimp::MDLImporter::ParseTextureColorData of the file code/AssetLib/MDL/MDLMaterialLoader.cpp of the component MDL File Handler. The manipulation of the argument mWidth/mHeight leads to resource consumption. The attack can be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 6.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 5d2a7482312db2e866439a8c05a07ce1e718bed1. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
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"details": "A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Open Asset Import Library Assimp 5.4.3. This vulnerability affects the function Assimp::MDLImporter::ParseTextureColorData of the file code/AssetLib/MDL/MDLMaterialLoader.cpp of the component MDL File Handler. The manipulation of the argument mWidth/mHeight leads to resource consumption. The attack can be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 6.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 5d2a7482312db2e866439a8c05a07ce1e718bed1. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.",
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GHSA-MQ4Q-Q9RW-JVPH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-06-09 09:31 – Updated: 2025-06-09 09:31A vulnerability classified as critical was found in RT-Thread 5.1.0. This vulnerability affects the function csys_sendto of the file rt-thread/components/lwp/lwp_syscall.c. The manipulation of the argument to leads to null pointer dereference.
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"modified": "2025-06-09T09:31:04Z",
"published": "2025-06-09T09:31:04Z",
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"url": "https://github.com/RT-Thread/rt-thread/issues/10299"
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GHSA-MV8J-PG39-6VW9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-06-12 03:31 – Updated: 2024-08-22 21:31RMQTT Broker 0.4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service (daemon crash) via a certain sequence of five TCP packets.
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"nvd_published_at": "2024-06-12T03:15:39Z",
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"details": "RMQTT Broker 0.4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a Denial of Service (daemon crash) via a certain sequence of five TCP packets.",
"id": "GHSA-mv8j-pg39-6vw9",
"modified": "2024-08-22T21:31:28Z",
"published": "2024-06-12T03:31:15Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-36856"
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"url": "https://gist.github.com/pengwGit/d8410afeb0d5d11ab79f596a32178c2e"
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"url": "https://github.com/rmqtt/rmqtt/releases/tag/0.4.0"
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}
GHSA-MVX2-276H-W78V
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-10-31 21:31 – Updated: 2024-11-01 18:31An issue was discovered in Ollama before 0.1.34. The CreateModelHandler function uses os.Open to read a file until completion. The req.Path parameter is user-controlled and can be set to /dev/random, which is blocking, causing the goroutine to run infinitely (even after the HTTP request is aborted by the client).
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-39721"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-404"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-10-31T20:15:04Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "An issue was discovered in Ollama before 0.1.34. The CreateModelHandler function uses os.Open to read a file until completion. The req.Path parameter is user-controlled and can be set to /dev/random, which is blocking, causing the goroutine to run infinitely (even after the HTTP request is aborted by the client).",
"id": "GHSA-mvx2-276h-w78v",
"modified": "2024-11-01T18:31:32Z",
"published": "2024-10-31T21:31:45Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39721"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/9164b0161bcb24e543cba835a8863b80af2c0c21/server/routes.go#L557"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/adeb40eaf29039b8964425f69a9315f9f1694ba8/server/routes.go#L536"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://oligosecurity.webflow.io/blog/more-models-more-probllms"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oligo.security/blog/more-models-more-probllms"
}
],
"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 MIT-3
Strategy: Language Selection
- Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
- For example, languages such as Java, Ruby, and Lisp perform automatic garbage collection that releases memory for objects that have been deallocated.
Mitigation
It is good practice to be responsible for freeing all resources you allocate and to be consistent with how and where you free memory in a function. If you allocate memory that you intend to free upon completion of the function, you must be sure to free the memory at all exit points for that function including error conditions.
Mitigation
Memory should be allocated/freed using matching functions such as malloc/free, new/delete, and new[]/delete[].
Mitigation
When releasing a complex object or structure, ensure that you properly dispose of all of its member components, not just the object itself.
CAPEC-125: Flooding
An adversary consumes the resources of a target by rapidly engaging in a large number of interactions with the target. This type of attack generally exposes a weakness in rate limiting or flow. When successful this attack prevents legitimate users from accessing the service and can cause the target to crash. This attack differs from resource depletion through leaks or allocations in that the latter attacks do not rely on the volume of requests made to the target but instead focus on manipulation of the target's operations. The key factor in a flooding attack is the number of requests the adversary can make in a given period of time. The greater this number, the more likely an attack is to succeed against a given target.
CAPEC-130: Excessive Allocation
An adversary causes the target to allocate excessive resources to servicing the attackers' request, thereby reducing the resources available for legitimate services and degrading or denying services. Usually, this attack focuses on memory allocation, but any finite resource on the target could be the attacked, including bandwidth, processing cycles, or other resources. This attack does not attempt to force this allocation through a large number of requests (that would be Resource Depletion through Flooding) but instead uses one or a small number of requests that are carefully formatted to force the target to allocate excessive resources to service this request(s). Often this attack takes advantage of a bug in the target to cause the target to allocate resources vastly beyond what would be needed for a normal request.
CAPEC-131: Resource Leak Exposure
An adversary utilizes a resource leak on the target to deplete the quantity of the resource available to service legitimate requests.
CAPEC-494: TCP Fragmentation
An adversary may execute a TCP Fragmentation attack against a target with the intention of avoiding filtering rules of network controls, by attempting to fragment the TCP packet such that the headers flag field is pushed into the second fragment which typically is not filtered.
CAPEC-495: UDP Fragmentation
An attacker may execute a UDP Fragmentation attack against a target server in an attempt to consume resources such as bandwidth and CPU. IP fragmentation occurs when an IP datagram is larger than the MTU of the route the datagram has to traverse. Typically the attacker will use large UDP packets over 1500 bytes of data which forces fragmentation as ethernet MTU is 1500 bytes. This attack is a variation on a typical UDP flood but it enables more network bandwidth to be consumed with fewer packets. Additionally it has the potential to consume server CPU resources and fill memory buffers associated with the processing and reassembling of fragmented packets.
CAPEC-496: ICMP Fragmentation
An attacker may execute a ICMP Fragmentation attack against a target with the intention of consuming resources or causing a crash. The attacker crafts a large number of identical fragmented IP packets containing a portion of a fragmented ICMP message. The attacker these sends these messages to a target host which causes the host to become non-responsive. Another vector may be sending a fragmented ICMP message to a target host with incorrect sizes in the header which causes the host to hang.
CAPEC-666: BlueSmacking
An adversary uses Bluetooth flooding to transfer large packets to Bluetooth enabled devices over the L2CAP protocol with the goal of creating a DoS. This attack must be carried out within close proximity to a Bluetooth enabled device.