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-R7X6-G4F2-FQ99
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:31 – Updated: 2023-08-16 18:30A vulnerability in the SIP inspection process of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a crash and reload of an affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to a watchdog timeout and crash during the cleanup of threads that are associated with a SIP connection that is being deleted from the connection list. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a high rate of crafted SIP traffic through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a watchdog timeout and crash, resulting in a crash and reload of the affected device.
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"nvd_published_at": "2020-10-21T19:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A vulnerability in the SIP inspection process of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a crash and reload of an affected device, resulting in a denial of service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability is due to a watchdog timeout and crash during the cleanup of threads that are associated with a SIP connection that is being deleted from the connection list. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a high rate of crafted SIP traffic through an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause a watchdog timeout and crash, resulting in a crash and reload of the affected device.",
"id": "GHSA-r7x6-g4f2-fq99",
"modified": "2023-08-16T18:30:19Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:31:47Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-3555"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-asaftd-sipdos-3DGvdjvg"
}
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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-RCFG-9QJ3-5RJ3
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-06-26 21:31 – Updated: 2025-06-26 21:31A vulnerability was found in 70mai M300 up to 20250611. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the file demo.sh of the component Telnet Service. The manipulation leads to denial of service. Access to the local network is required for this attack. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-06-23T23:15:24Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "A vulnerability was found in 70mai M300 up to 20250611. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the file demo.sh of the component Telnet Service. The manipulation leads to denial of service. Access to the local network is required for this attack. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.",
"id": "GHSA-rcfg-9qj3-5rj3",
"modified": "2025-06-26T21:31:03Z",
"published": "2025-06-26T21:31:03Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6530"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/geo-chen/70mai/blob/main/README.md#finding-8-remotely-crashing-the-dashcam"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.313647"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.313647"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://vuldb.com/?submit.595451"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
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GHSA-RCQR-8JWM-JXFP
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-01-11 18:31 – Updated: 2024-01-11 18:31A vulnerability has been found in iSharer and upRedSun File Sharing Wizard up to 1.5.0 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component GET Request Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-250438 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
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"nvd_published_at": "2024-01-11T18:15:44Z",
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"details": "A vulnerability has been found in iSharer and upRedSun File Sharing Wizard up to 1.5.0 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component GET Request Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-250438 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.",
"id": "GHSA-rcqr-8jwm-jxfp",
"modified": "2024-01-11T18:31:29Z",
"published": "2024-01-11T18:31:29Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0418"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2024010023"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.250438"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.250438"
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"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK7xK9KHiMU"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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GHSA-RF5J-C9QP-25W9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-03-27 00:30 – Updated: 2023-03-30 18:30A vulnerability was found in IObit Malware Fighter 9.4.0.776. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function 0x8018E008 in the library IMFCameraProtect.sys of the component IOCTL 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 identifier VDB-224025 was assigned to this vulnerability.
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"nvd_published_at": "2023-03-26T23:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "A vulnerability was found in IObit Malware Fighter 9.4.0.776. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function 0x8018E008 in the library IMFCameraProtect.sys of the component IOCTL 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 identifier VDB-224025 was assigned to this vulnerability.",
"id": "GHSA-rf5j-c9qp-25w9",
"modified": "2023-03-30T18:30:32Z",
"published": "2023-03-27T00:30:18Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1645"
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"url": "https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RmFSm1sQWwQXPXjkeZtgf8q51hGD8tTf/view"
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"url": "https://github.com/zeze-zeze/WindowsKernelVuln/tree/master/CVE-2023-1645"
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"url": "https://github.com/zeze-zeze/WindowsKernelVuln/tree/master/unassigned41"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.224025"
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GHSA-RF73-69VR-QXGJ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-03-03 21:30 – Updated: 2025-03-03 21:30A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in D-Link DAP-1562 1.10. This affects the function pure_auth_check of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument a1 leads to null pointer dereference. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-03-03T19:15:34Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in D-Link DAP-1562 1.10. This affects the function pure_auth_check of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument a1 leads to null pointer dereference. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.",
"id": "GHSA-rf73-69vr-qxgj",
"modified": "2025-03-03T21:30:59Z",
"published": "2025-03-03T21:30:59Z",
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.298191"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.298191"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?submit.506526"
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"url": "https://witty-maiasaura-083.notion.site/D-link-DAP-1562-pure_auth_check-Vulnerability-1a5b2f2a63618013a1fecb743f2d0667"
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"url": "https://www.dlink.com"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
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GHSA-RFJ2-FVG8-68X5
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-11-02 19:00 – Updated: 2022-11-03 19:00A vulnerability was found in Axiomatic Bento4 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function ParseCommandLine of the file Mp4Tag/Mp4Tag.cpp of the component mp4tag. The manipulation leads to denial of service. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-212666 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
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"details": "A vulnerability was found in Axiomatic Bento4 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function ParseCommandLine of the file Mp4Tag/Mp4Tag.cpp of the component mp4tag. The manipulation leads to denial of service. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-212666 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.",
"id": "GHSA-rfj2-fvg8-68x5",
"modified": "2022-11-03T19:00:24Z",
"published": "2022-11-02T19:00:31Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3809"
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"url": "https://github.com/axiomatic-systems/Bento4/issues/779"
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"url": "https://github.com/axiomatic-systems/Bento4/files/9653209/poc_Bento4.zip"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.212666"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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GHSA-RH8W-V72G-CM9W
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-11-22 21:32 – Updated: 2024-11-22 21:32A vulnerability was found in AVL-DiTEST-DiagDev libdoip 1.0.0. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function DoIPConnection::reactOnReceivedTcpMessage of the file DoIPConnection.cpp. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference.
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"nvd_published_at": "2024-11-21T13:15:06Z",
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"details": "A vulnerability was found in AVL-DiTEST-DiagDev libdoip 1.0.0. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function DoIPConnection::reactOnReceivedTcpMessage of the file DoIPConnection.cpp. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference.",
"id": "GHSA-rh8w-v72g-cm9w",
"modified": "2024-11-22T21:32:14Z",
"published": "2024-11-22T21:32:14Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11588"
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"url": "https://github.com/AVL-DiTEST-DiagDev/libdoip/issues/11"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.285659"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.285659"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?submit.443175"
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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-RHFF-447Q-6Q4P
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-02-24 12:31 – Updated: 2023-03-03 18:30A vulnerability was found in Twister Antivirus 8.17. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing in the library filmfd.sys of the component IoControlCode Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-221741 was assigned to this vulnerability.
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"details": "A vulnerability was found in Twister Antivirus 8.17. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing in the library filmfd.sys of the component IoControlCode Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-221741 was assigned to this vulnerability.",
"id": "GHSA-rhff-447q-6q4p",
"modified": "2023-03-03T18:30:25Z",
"published": "2023-02-24T12:31:20Z",
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"url": "https://github.com/zeze-zeze/WindowsKernelVuln/tree/master/CVE-2023-1008"
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"url": "https://github.com/zeze-zeze/WindowsKernelVuln/tree/master/unassigned1"
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GHSA-RHR9-HGCM-X289
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-04 22:09 – Updated: 2026-03-09 15:49The /api/server/shutdown endpoint allows termination of the Netmaker server process via syscall.SIGINT. This allows any user to repeatedly shut down the server, causing cyclic denial of service with approximately 3-second restart intervals.
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-03-07T16:15:54Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "The /api/server/shutdown endpoint allows termination of the Netmaker server process via syscall.SIGINT. This allows any user to repeatedly shut down the server, causing cyclic denial of service with approximately 3-second restart intervals.",
"id": "GHSA-rhr9-hgcm-x289",
"modified": "2026-03-09T15:49:12Z",
"published": "2026-03-04T22:09:10Z",
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"url": "https://github.com/gravitl/netmaker/security/advisories/GHSA-rhr9-hgcm-x289"
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-29771"
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"url": "https://github.com/gravitl/netmaker"
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"summary": "Netmaker Vulnerable to Denial of Service via Server Shutdown Endpoint"
}
GHSA-RJ3X-QP7V-5VP5
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-27 03:30 – Updated: 2025-11-05 00:31A flaw has been found in Kamailio 5.5. The impacted element is the function rve_is_constant of the file src/core/rvalue.c. This manipulation causes null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be launched locally. The exploit has been published and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-10-27T03:15:49Z",
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"details": "A flaw has been found in Kamailio 5.5. The impacted element is the function rve_is_constant of the file src/core/rvalue.c. This manipulation causes null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be launched locally. The exploit has been published and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.",
"id": "GHSA-rj3x-qp7v-5vp5",
"modified": "2025-11-05T00:31:30Z",
"published": "2025-10-27T03:30:39Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12206"
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"url": "https://shimo.im/docs/aBAYMVMB2jUP9jAj"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.329876"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?id.329876"
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"url": "https://vuldb.com/?submit.673240"
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"url": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/27/8"
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"url": "https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/11/02/3"
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"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/10/27/12"
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"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
]
}
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.