Common Weakness Enumeration
CWE-772
AllowedMissing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
Abstraction: Base · Status: Draft
The product does not release a resource after its effective lifetime has ended, i.e., after the resource is no longer needed.
567 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-V448-M2G5-FM7C
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:12 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:12
VLAI
Details
Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in OpenSSL implementation of WAGO 750-831/xxx-xxx, 750-880/xxx-xxx, 750-881, 750-889 in versions FW4 up to FW15 allows an unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS on the device.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-34581"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-772"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-08-31T11:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in OpenSSL implementation of WAGO 750-831/xxx-xxx, 750-880/xxx-xxx, 750-881, 750-889 in versions FW4 up to FW15 allows an unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS on the device.",
"id": "GHSA-v448-m2g5-fm7c",
"modified": "2022-05-24T19:12:37Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:12:37Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-34581"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://cert.vde.com/en-us/advisories/vde-2021-038"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-V52C-386H-88MC
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-01 01:18 – Updated: 2026-03-01 01:19
VLAI
Summary
Multer vulnerable to Denial of Service via resource exhaustion
Details
Impact
A vulnerability in Multer versions < 2.1.0 allows an attacker to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by dropping connection during file upload, potentially causing resource exhaustion.
Patches
Users should upgrade to 2.1.0
Workarounds
None
Severity
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "npm",
"name": "multer"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2.1.0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-2359"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-772"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2026-03-01T01:18:27Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2026-02-27T16:16:25Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "### Impact\n\nA vulnerability in Multer versions \u003c 2.1.0 allows an attacker to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by dropping connection during file upload, potentially causing resource exhaustion.\n\n### Patches\n\nUsers should upgrade to `2.1.0`\n\n### Workarounds\n\nNone",
"id": "GHSA-v52c-386h-88mc",
"modified": "2026-03-01T01:19:04Z",
"published": "2026-03-01T01:18:27Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/expressjs/multer/security/advisories/GHSA-v52c-386h-88mc"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2359"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/expressjs/multer/commit/cccf0fe0e64150c4f42ccf6654165c0d66b9adab"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://cna.openjsf.org/security-advisories.html"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/expressjs/multer"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-2359"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Multer vulnerable to Denial of Service via resource exhaustion"
}
GHSA-V52V-2Q9P-GP4X
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:34 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:34
VLAI
Details
PowerDNS Authoritative Server 3.3.0 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.6, and PowerDNS Recursor 3.2 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.9, are vulnerable to a memory leak while parsing malformed records that can lead to remote denial of service.
Severity
7.5 (High)
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-10851"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-772"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2018-11-29T18:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "PowerDNS Authoritative Server 3.3.0 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.6, and PowerDNS Recursor 3.2 up to 4.1.4 excluding 4.1.5 and 4.0.9, are vulnerable to a memory leak while parsing malformed records that can lead to remote denial of service.",
"id": "GHSA-v52v-2q9p-gp4x",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:34:58Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:34:58Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10851"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10851"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-03.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2018-04.html"
}
],
"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"
}
]
}
GHSA-V6GC-WJH2-Q2WQ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:42 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:42
VLAI
Details
The ReadTGAImage function in coders\tga.c in ImageMagick 7.0.5-6 has a memory leak vulnerability that can cause memory exhaustion via invalid colors data in the header of a TGA or VST file.
Severity
8.8 (High)
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2017-11170"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-772"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2017-07-11T20:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "The ReadTGAImage function in coders\\tga.c in ImageMagick 7.0.5-6 has a memory leak vulnerability that can cause memory exhaustion via invalid colors data in the header of a TGA or VST file.",
"id": "GHSA-v6gc-wjh2-q2wq",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:42:10Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:42:10Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11170"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/472"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99565"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-V77X-R3JC-52JH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 16:57 – Updated: 2022-05-24 16:57
VLAI
Details
HuffmanTree_makeFromFrequencies in lodepng.c in LodePNG through 2019-09-28, as used in WinPR in FreeRDP and other products, has a memory leak because a supplied realloc pointer (i.e., the first argument to realloc) is also used for a realloc return value.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2019-17178"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-772"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2019-10-04T17:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "HuffmanTree_makeFromFrequencies in lodepng.c in LodePNG through 2019-09-28, as used in WinPR in FreeRDP and other products, has a memory leak because a supplied realloc pointer (i.e., the first argument to realloc) is also used for a realloc return value.",
"id": "GHSA-v77x-r3jc-52jh",
"modified": "2022-05-24T16:57:54Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T16:57:54Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17178"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/issues/5645"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/FreeRDP/FreeRDP/commit/9fee4ae076b1ec97b97efb79ece08d1dab4df29a"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/akallabeth/FreeRDP/commit/fc80ab45621bd966f70594c0b7393ec005a94007"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00004.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00005.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-V8G8-P29X-2M2W
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-07-10 03:32 – Updated: 2025-07-10 03:32
VLAI
Details
Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime (CWE-772) in the Gallagher T-Series Reader allows an attacker with physical access to the reader to perform a limited denial of service when 125 kHz Card Technology is enabled.
This issue affects T-Series Readers: 9.20 prior to vCR9.20.250213a (distributed in 9.20.1827 (MR2)), 9.10 prior to vCR9.10.250213a (distributed in 9.10.2692(MR5)), 9.00 prior to vCR9.00.250619a (distributed in vEL9.00.3371 (MR7)), all versions of 8.90 and prior.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-44003"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-772"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-07-10T03:15:28Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime (CWE-772) in the Gallagher T-Series Reader allows an attacker with physical access to the reader to perform a limited denial of service when 125 kHz Card Technology is enabled.\n\nThis issue affects T-Series Readers: 9.20 prior to vCR9.20.250213a (distributed in 9.20.1827 (MR2)), 9.10 prior to vCR9.10.250213a (distributed in 9.10.2692(MR5)), 9.00 prior to vCR9.00.250619a (distributed in \u00a0vEL9.00.3371 (MR7)), \u00a0all versions of 8.90 and prior.",
"id": "GHSA-v8g8-p29x-2m2w",
"modified": "2025-07-10T03:32:13Z",
"published": "2025-07-10T03:32:12Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-44003"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.gallagher.com/en-NZ/Security-Advisories/CVE-2025-44003"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-V8QF-V8XC-74M3
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:48 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:48
VLAI
Details
ImageMagick version 7.0.7-28 contains a memory leak in ReadYCBCRImage in coders/ycbcr.c.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-10805"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-772"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2018-05-08T07:29:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "ImageMagick version 7.0.7-28 contains a memory leak in ReadYCBCRImage in coders/ycbcr.c.",
"id": "GHSA-v8qf-v8xc-74m3",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:48:57Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:48:57Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10805"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1054"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3681-1"
}
],
"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"
}
]
}
GHSA-V9Q8-5383-5FMX
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:16 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:16
VLAI
Details
JasPer 2.0.14 has a memory leak in base/jas_malloc.c in libjasper.a when "--output-format jp2" is used.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-20622"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-772"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2018-12-31T19:29:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "JasPer 2.0.14 has a memory leak in base/jas_malloc.c in libjasper.a when \"--output-format jp2\" is used.",
"id": "GHSA-v9q8-5383-5fmx",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:16:06Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:16:06Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20622"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/mdadams/jasper/issues/193"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00003.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00082.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00085.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106373"
}
],
"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"
}
]
}
GHSA-VC4C-8VCQ-GMVH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:05 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:05
VLAI
Details
mwifiex_tm_cmd in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1.6 has some error-handling cases that did not free allocated hostcmd memory, aka CID-003b686ace82. This will cause a memory leak and denial of service.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2019-20095"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-401",
"CWE-772"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2019-12-30T05:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "mwifiex_tm_cmd in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/cfg80211.c in the Linux kernel before 5.1.6 has some error-handling cases that did not free allocated hostcmd memory, aka CID-003b686ace82. This will cause a memory leak and denial of service.",
"id": "GHSA-vc4c-8vcq-gmvh",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:05:22Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:05:22Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20095"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.6"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=003b686ace820ce2d635a83f10f2d7f9c147dabc"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200204-0002"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00021.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-VC8J-4787-938H
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:47 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:47
VLAI
Details
In ImageMagick 7.0.5-5, the ReadMNGImage function in png.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2017-8345"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-772"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2017-04-30T17:59:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In ImageMagick 7.0.5-5, the ReadMNGImage function in png.c allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory leak) via a crafted file.",
"id": "GHSA-vc8j-4787-938h",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:47:28Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:47:28Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8345"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/442"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3863"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98138"
}
],
"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 MIT-3
Requirements
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
Implementation
It is good practice to be responsible for freeing all resources you allocate and to be consistent with how and where you free resources in a function. If you allocate resources that you intend to free upon completion of the function, you must be sure to free the resources at all exit points for that function including error conditions.
Mitigation MIT-47
Operation
Architecture and Design
Strategy: Resource Limitation
- Use resource-limiting settings provided by the operating system or environment. For example, when managing system resources in POSIX, setrlimit() can be used to set limits for certain types of resources, and getrlimit() can determine how many resources are available. However, these functions are not available on all operating systems.
- When the current levels get close to the maximum that is defined for the application (see CWE-770), then limit the allocation of further resources to privileged users; alternately, begin releasing resources for less-privileged users. While this mitigation may protect the system from attack, it will not necessarily stop attackers from adversely impacting other users.
- Ensure that the application performs the appropriate error checks and error handling in case resources become unavailable (CWE-703).
CAPEC-469: HTTP DoS
An attacker performs flooding at the HTTP level to bring down only a particular web application rather than anything listening on a TCP/IP connection. This denial of service attack requires substantially fewer packets to be sent which makes DoS harder to detect. This is an equivalent of SYN flood in HTTP. The idea is to keep the HTTP session alive indefinitely and then repeat that hundreds of times. This attack targets resource depletion weaknesses in web server software. The web server will wait to attacker's responses on the initiated HTTP sessions while the connection threads are being exhausted.