CAPEC-25Forced Deadlock

The adversary triggers and exploits a deadlock condition in the target software to cause a denial of service. A deadlock can occur when two or more competing actions are waiting for each other to finish, and thus neither ever does. Deadlock conditions can be difficult to detect. Metadata: meta CAPEC pattern, status stable, likelihood low, severity high. Underlying weaknesses: CWE-412, CWE-567, CWE-662, CWE-667, CWE-833 (and 1 more). Mapped ATT&CK technique: [object Object].