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CWE-773Missing Reference to Active File Descriptor or Handle

Category: other

Description

The product does not properly maintain references to a file descriptor or handle, which prevents that file descriptor/handle from being reclaimed. This can cause the product to consume all available file descriptors or handles, which can prevent other processes from performing critical file processing operations.

Common consequences· 1

  • Availability — DoS: Resource Consumption (Other)
    An attacker that can influence the allocation of resources that are not properly maintained could deplete the available resource pool and prevent all other processes from accessing the same type of resource.

Potential mitigations· 1

  • [Operation, Architecture and Design]

References

  1. https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/773.html

Related by meaning· 6

Nearest entities by semantic similarity across the cs-graph corpus.

CWE
Allocation of File Descriptors or Handles Without Limits or Throttling
CWE
Use of Expired File Descriptor
CWE
Missing Release of File Descriptor or Handle after Effective Lifetime
CWE
Missing Reference to Active Allocated Resource
CWE
Improper Locking
CWE
Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Sourced from MITRE CWE 4.20. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.