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.
619 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-PR5M-9548-WXHV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:41 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:41Memory leak in the virtio_gpu_object_create function in drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.8 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering object-initialization failures.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2017-10810"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-772"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2017-07-04T20:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Memory leak in the virtio_gpu_object_create function in drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c in the Linux kernel through 4.11.8 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering object-initialization failures.",
"id": "GHSA-pr5m-9548-wxhv",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:41:59Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:41:59Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10810"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/385aee965b4e4c36551c362a334378d2985b722a"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/4/6/668"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=385aee965b4e4c36551c362a334378d2985b722a"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3927"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99433"
}
],
"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-PRXH-M666-HGHF
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:42 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:42When ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 processes a crafted file in convert, it can lead to a Memory Leak in the WriteOnePNGImage() function in coders/png.c.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2017-11538"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-772"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2017-07-23T03:29:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "When ImageMagick 7.0.6-1 processes a crafted file in convert, it can lead to a Memory Leak in the WriteOnePNGImage() function in coders/png.c.",
"id": "GHSA-prxh-m666-hghf",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:42:24Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:42:24Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11538"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/569"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100003"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-PVCG-M8C9-58WJ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:16 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:16IBM MQ and MQ Appliance 8.0, 9.1 LTS, and 9.1 CD could allow an authenticated user cause a denial of service due to a memory leak. IBM X-Force ID: 175840.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-4267"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-772"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-04-24T16:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "IBM MQ and MQ Appliance 8.0, 9.1 LTS, and 9.1 CD could allow an authenticated user cause a denial of service due to a memory leak. IBM X-Force ID: 175840.",
"id": "GHSA-pvcg-m8c9-58wj",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:16:26Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:16:26Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-4267"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175840"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6195384"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-PVH8-PWFR-FFJM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:42 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:42A memory leak was found in the way SIPcrack 0.2 handled processing of SIP traffic, because a lines array was mismanaged. A remote attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash long-running sipdump network sniffing sessions.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2017-11655"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-772"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2017-07-26T14:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A memory leak was found in the way SIPcrack 0.2 handled processing of SIP traffic, because a lines array was mismanaged. A remote attacker could potentially use this flaw to crash long-running sipdump network sniffing sessions.",
"id": "GHSA-pvh8-pwfr-ffjm",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:42:27Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:42:27Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11655"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/07/26/1"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100024"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-PWVV-36JQ-R4PH
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:49 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:49ImageMagick 7.0.8-4 has a memory leak in ReadMIFFImage in coders/miff.c.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2018-14436"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-772"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2018-07-20T00:29:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "ImageMagick 7.0.8-4 has a memory leak in ReadMIFFImage in coders/miff.c.",
"id": "GHSA-pwvv-36jq-r4ph",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:49:57Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:49:57Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14436"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1191"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3785-1"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-PX8M-VH6V-XC52
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:46 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:46An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.3 when a webcam device exists. video_usercopy in drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c has a memory leak for large arguments, aka CID-fb18802a338b.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-30002"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-401",
"CWE-772"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-04-02T05:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.11.3 when a webcam device exists. video_usercopy in drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ioctl.c has a memory leak for large arguments, aka CID-fb18802a338b.",
"id": "GHSA-px8m-vh6v-xc52",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:46:27Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:46:27Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-30002"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184120"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.11.3"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=fb18802a338b36f675a388fc03d2aa504a0d0899"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/06/msg00020.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-PXHH-R266-QRHG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 22:00 – Updated: 2022-05-24 22:00ImageMagick 7.0.8-43 has a memory leak in Huffman2DEncodeImage in coders/ps3.c, as demonstrated by WritePS3Image.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2019-16712"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-401",
"CWE-772"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2019-09-23T12:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "ImageMagick 7.0.8-43 has a memory leak in Huffman2DEncodeImage in coders/ps3.c, as demonstrated by WritePS3Image.",
"id": "GHSA-pxhh-r266-qrhg",
"modified": "2022-05-24T22:00:42Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T22:00:42Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-16712"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/ImageMagick/ImageMagick/issues/1557"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00040.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00042.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-PXQH-PG23-R5VG
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 19:10 – Updated: 2022-05-24 19:10Dell EMC NetWorker, 19.4 or older, contain an uncontrolled resource consumption flaw in its API service. An authorized API user could potentially exploit this vulnerability via the web and desktop user interfaces, leading to denial of service in the manageability path.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-21600"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-772"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2021-08-10T19:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "Dell EMC NetWorker, 19.4 or older, contain an uncontrolled resource consumption flaw in its API service. An authorized API user could potentially exploit this vulnerability via the web and desktop user interfaces, leading to denial of service in the manageability path.",
"id": "GHSA-pxqh-pg23-r5vg",
"modified": "2022-05-24T19:10:32Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T19:10:32Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21600"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000189694"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": []
}
GHSA-Q452-P523-W4F9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:37 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:37An issue has been found in the DNSSEC parsing code of PowerDNS Recursor from 4.0.0 up to and including 4.0.6 leading to a memory leak when parsing specially crafted DNSSEC ECDSA keys. These keys are only parsed when validation is enabled by setting dnssec to a value other than off or process-no-validate (default).
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2017-15094"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-772"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2018-01-23T15:29:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "An issue has been found in the DNSSEC parsing code of PowerDNS Recursor from 4.0.0 up to and including 4.0.6 leading to a memory leak when parsing specially crafted DNSSEC ECDSA keys. These keys are only parsed when validation is enabled by setting dnssec to a value other than off or process-no-validate (default).",
"id": "GHSA-q452-p523-w4f9",
"modified": "2022-05-13T01:37:35Z",
"published": "2022-05-13T01:37:35Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15094"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://doc.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2017-07.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101982"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-Q466-J42V-76WM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-23 21:31 – Updated: 2026-07-23 21:31An unauthenticated attacker could trigger an Out of Memory condition to crash the Java process for RHCS by repeatedly sending HTTP requests to the TLS endpoint. Depending on how the RHCS server is configured, a manual intervention to restart it may prove necessary.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-12353"
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"CWE-772"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-07-23T20:17:07Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "An unauthenticated attacker could trigger an Out of Memory condition to crash the Java process for RHCS by repeatedly sending HTTP requests to the TLS endpoint. Depending on how the RHCS server is configured, a manual intervention to restart it may prove necessary.",
"id": "GHSA-q466-j42v-76wm",
"modified": "2026-07-23T21:31:02Z",
"published": "2026-07-23T21:31:02Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12353"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-12353"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2489056"
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"severity": [
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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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}
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 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
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.