CWE-400
DiscouragedUncontrolled Resource Consumption
Abstraction: Class · Status: Draft
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
6465 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-8FV7-XP4R-4X4Q
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-10-08 21:33 – Updated: 2026-10-08 21:33An issue in gnutls v3.8.13 causes legitimate CA certificates to be rejected, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS).
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-10-08T19:20:52Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "An issue in gnutls v3.8.13 causes legitimate CA certificates to be rejected, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS).",
"id": "GHSA-8fv7-xp4r-4x4q",
"modified": "2026-10-08T21:33:25Z",
"published": "2026-10-08T21:33:25Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-95209"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://evil.com"
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"url": "https://gist.github.com/lkloliver/8e4498311aff18e2077010e412043e18"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://gnutls.com"
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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"
}
]
}
GHSA-8FWP-48XW-Q2GF
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-28 12:30 – Updated: 2026-08-28 12:30An attacker that can send mail to a user can craft a message whose headers contain a very large number of email addresses or MIME parameters, which causes excessive memory usage when the message is later parsed. The message is still delivered, but reading it over IMAP can exhaust the memory limit of the process and terminate it, causing denial of service for the affected user. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-27852"
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"CWE-400"
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-08-28T12:16:27Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "An attacker that can send mail to a user can craft a message whose headers contain a very large number of email addresses or MIME parameters, which causes excessive memory usage when the message is later parsed. The message is still delivered, but reading it over IMAP can exhaust the memory limit of the process and terminate it, causing denial of service for the affected user. Update to non-vulnerable version. No publicly available exploits are known.",
"id": "GHSA-8fwp-48xw-q2gf",
"modified": "2026-08-28T12:30:24Z",
"published": "2026-08-28T12:30:24Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27852"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://documentation.open-xchange.com/dovecot/security/advisories/csaf/2026/oxdc-adv-2026-0003.json"
}
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"severity": [
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-8G7M-2R7V-C9GX
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-11-05 09:30 – Updated: 2024-11-05 09:30Vulnerability of processes not being fully terminated in the VPN module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will affect power consumption.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2024-51513"
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-20",
"CWE-400"
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"nvd_published_at": "2024-11-05T09:15:04Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Vulnerability of processes not being fully terminated in the VPN module\nImpact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will affect power consumption.",
"id": "GHSA-8g7m-2r7v-c9gx",
"modified": "2024-11-05T09:30:37Z",
"published": "2024-11-05T09:30:37Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-51513"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2024/11"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-8G7P-74H8-HG48
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2018-07-27 17:04 – Updated: 2021-09-07 19:45Versions of https-proxy-agent before 2.2.0 are vulnerable to denial of service. This is due to unsanitized options (proxy.auth) being passed to Buffer().
Recommendation
Update to version 2.2.0 or later.
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"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:25:32Z",
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"severity": "CRITICAL"
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"details": "Versions of `https-proxy-agent` before 2.2.0 are vulnerable to denial of service. This is due to unsanitized options (proxy.auth) being passed to `Buffer()`.\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nUpdate to version 2.2.0 or later.",
"id": "GHSA-8g7p-74h8-hg48",
"modified": "2021-09-07T19:45:18Z",
"published": "2018-07-27T17:04:52Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3736"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-https-proxy-agent/commit/1c24219df87524e6ed973127e81f30801d658f07"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/319532"
},
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"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-https-proxy-agent"
},
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8g7p-74h8-hg48"
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"url": "https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/593"
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "Denial of Service in https-proxy-agent"
}
GHSA-8G7P-XH7P-947J
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-05-14 15:31 – Updated: 2025-08-27 15:33In Progress® Telerik® UI for AJAX, versions 2011.2.712 to 2025.1.218, an unsafe reflection vulnerability exists that may lead to an unhandled exception resulting in a crash of the hosting process and denial of service.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-3600"
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"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400",
"CWE-470"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-05-14T14:15:29Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In Progress\u00ae Telerik\u00ae UI for AJAX, versions 2011.2.712 to 2025.1.218, an unsafe reflection vulnerability exists that may lead to an unhandled exception resulting in a crash of the hosting process and denial of service.",
"id": "GHSA-8g7p-xh7p-947j",
"modified": "2025-08-27T15:33:13Z",
"published": "2025-05-14T15:31:38Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3600"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.telerik.com/products/aspnet-ajax/documentation/knowledge-base/kb-security-unsafe-reflection-cve-2025-3600"
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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"
}
]
}
GHSA-8G84-36XH-VRJ9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 00:26 – Updated: 2022-05-17 00:26Red Hat CloudForms 3 Management Engine (CFME) allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via vectors involving calls to the .to_sym rails function and lack of garbage collection of inserted symbols.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2014-7813"
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"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2017-10-18T14:29:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Red Hat CloudForms 3 Management Engine (CFME) allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via vectors involving calls to the .to_sym rails function and lack of garbage collection of inserted symbols.",
"id": "GHSA-8g84-36xh-vrj9",
"modified": "2022-05-17T00:26:05Z",
"published": "2022-05-17T00:26:05Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7813"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157872"
}
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-8G85-WHQH-CR2F
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-12-05 18:12 – Updated: 2024-11-19 16:25Impact
There is a potential vulnerability in Traefik managing the ACME HTTP challenge.
When Traefik is configured to use the HTTPChallenge to generate and renew the Let's Encrypt TLS certificates, the delay authorized to solve the challenge (50 seconds) can be exploited by attackers (slowloris attack).
Patches
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v2.10.6
- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.0.0-beta5
Workarounds
Replace the HTTPChallenge with the TLSChallenge or the DNSChallenge.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please open an issue.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-47124"
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400",
"CWE-772"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2023-12-05T18:12:37Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2023-12-04T21:15:33Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "## Impact\n\nThere is a potential vulnerability in Traefik managing the ACME HTTP challenge.\n\nWhen Traefik is configured to use the [HTTPChallenge](https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/https/acme/#httpchallenge) to generate and renew the Let\u0027s Encrypt TLS certificates, the delay authorized to solve the challenge (50 seconds) can be exploited by attackers ([slowloris attack](https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/ddos-attack-tools/slowloris/)).\n \n## Patches\n\n- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v2.10.6\n- https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.0.0-beta5\n\n## Workarounds\n\nReplace the HTTPChallenge with the [TLSChallenge](https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/https/acme/#tlschallenge) or the [DNSChallenge](https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/https/acme/#dnschallenge).\n\n## For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please [open an issue](https://github.com/traefik/traefik/issues).",
"id": "GHSA-8g85-whqh-cr2f",
"modified": "2024-11-19T16:25:35Z",
"published": "2023-12-05T18:12:37Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://github.com/traefik/traefik/security/advisories/GHSA-8g85-whqh-cr2f"
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-47124"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/https/acme/#dnschallenge"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/https/acme/#httpchallenge"
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"url": "https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/https/acme/#tlschallenge"
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"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/traefik/traefik"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v2.10.6"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/traefik/traefik/releases/tag/v3.0.0-beta5"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ddos/ddos-attack-tools/slowloris"
}
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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],
"summary": "Traefik vulnerable to potential DDoS via ACME HTTPChallenge"
}
GHSA-8G8J-64GV-V6CH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 01:41 – Updated: 2022-05-14 01:41There is an attempted excessive memory allocation at libxsmm_sparse_csc_reader in generator_spgemm_csc_reader.c in LIBXSMM 1.10 that will cause a denial of service.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-20543"
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"CWE-400"
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"nvd_published_at": "2018-12-28T16:29:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "There is an attempted excessive memory allocation at libxsmm_sparse_csc_reader in generator_spgemm_csc_reader.c in LIBXSMM 1.10 that will cause a denial of service.",
"id": "GHSA-8g8j-64gv-v6ch",
"modified": "2022-05-14T01:41:35Z",
"published": "2022-05-14T01:41:35Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20543"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1652634"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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]
}
GHSA-8G92-F59V-J999
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-07-13 03:30 – Updated: 2026-09-21 18:31A flaw was found in OpenJPEG. A resource exhaustion can occur in the opj_t1_decode_cblks function in tcd.c through a crafted image file, causing a denial of service.
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"CVE-2023-39329"
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"nvd_published_at": "2024-07-13T03:15:09Z",
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"details": "A flaw was found in OpenJPEG. A resource exhaustion can occur in the opj_t1_decode_cblks function in tcd.c through a crafted image file, causing a denial of service.",
"id": "GHSA-8g92-f59v-j999",
"modified": "2026-09-21T18:31:32Z",
"published": "2024-07-13T03:30:37Z",
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"url": "https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/issues/1474"
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"url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4128"
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"url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-39329"
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"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2295816"
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GHSA-8G9H-PMC4-WCR4
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-02 03:36 – Updated: 2025-04-23 18:30The web browser on the Sony PLAYSTATION 3 (PS3) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and console hang) via a large integer value for the length property of a Select object, a related issue to CVE-2009-1692.
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"details": "The web browser on the Sony PLAYSTATION 3 (PS3) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and console hang) via a large integer value for the length property of a Select object, a related issue to CVE-2009-1692.",
"id": "GHSA-8g9h-pmc4-wcr4",
"modified": "2025-04-23T18:30:35Z",
"published": "2022-05-02T03:36:10Z",
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"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52875"
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"url": "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9160"
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"url": "http://www.g-sec.lu/one-bug-to-rule-them-all.html"
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"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504969/100/0/threaded"
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"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504988/100/0/threaded"
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"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504989/100/0/threaded"
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Mitigation
Design throttling mechanisms into the system architecture. The best protection is to limit the amount of resources that an unauthorized user can cause to be expended. A strong authentication and access control model will help prevent such attacks from occurring in the first place. The login application should be protected against DoS attacks as much as possible. Limiting the database access, perhaps by caching result sets, can help minimize the resources expended. To further limit the potential for a DoS attack, consider tracking the rate of requests received from users and blocking requests that exceed a defined rate threshold.
Mitigation
- Mitigation of resource exhaustion attacks requires that the target system either:
- The first of these solutions is an issue in itself though, since it may allow attackers to prevent the use of the system by a particular valid user. If the attacker impersonates the valid user, they may be able to prevent the user from accessing the server in question.
- The second solution is simply difficult to effectively institute -- and even when properly done, it does not provide a full solution. It simply makes the attack require more resources on the part of the attacker.
- recognizes the attack and denies that user further access for a given amount of time, or
- uniformly throttles all requests in order to make it more difficult to consume resources more quickly than they can again be freed.
Mitigation
Ensure that protocols have specific limits of scale placed on them.
Mitigation
Ensure that all failures in resource allocation place the system into a safe posture.
CAPEC-147: XML Ping of the Death
An attacker initiates a resource depletion attack where a large number of small XML messages are delivered at a sufficiently rapid rate to cause a denial of service or crash of the target. Transactions such as repetitive SOAP transactions can deplete resources faster than a simple flooding attack because of the additional resources used by the SOAP protocol and the resources necessary to process SOAP messages. The transactions used are immaterial as long as they cause resource utilization on the target. In other words, this is a normal flooding attack augmented by using messages that will require extra processing on the target.
CAPEC-227: Sustained Client Engagement
An adversary attempts to deny legitimate users access to a resource by continually engaging a specific resource in an attempt to keep the resource tied up as long as possible. The adversary's primary goal is not to crash or flood the target, which would alert defenders; rather it is to repeatedly perform actions or abuse algorithmic flaws such that a given resource is tied up and not available to a legitimate user. By carefully crafting a requests that keep the resource engaged through what is seemingly benign requests, legitimate users are limited or completely denied access to the resource.
CAPEC-492: Regular Expression Exponential Blowup
An adversary may execute an attack on a program that uses a poor Regular Expression(Regex) implementation by choosing input that results in an extreme situation for the Regex. A typical extreme situation operates at exponential time compared to the input size. This is due to most implementations using a Nondeterministic Finite Automaton(NFA) state machine to be built by the Regex algorithm since NFA allows backtracking and thus more complex regular expressions.