CWE-400
DiscouragedUncontrolled Resource Consumption
Abstraction: Class · Status: Draft
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
5567 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-FRGF-8JR5-J2JV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-10-30 21:33 – Updated: 2026-06-08 23:16A memory leak flaw was found in ruby-magick, an interface between Ruby and ImageMagick. This issue can lead to a denial of service (DOS) by memory exhaustion.
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"ecosystem": "RubyGems",
"name": "rmagick"
},
"ranges": [
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"introduced": "0"
},
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"fixed": "5.3.0"
}
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],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-5349"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400",
"CWE-401"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2023-10-31T19:41:15Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2023-10-30T21:15:07Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A memory leak flaw was found in ruby-magick, an interface between Ruby and ImageMagick. This issue can lead to a denial of service (DOS) by memory exhaustion.",
"id": "GHSA-frgf-8jr5-j2jv",
"modified": "2026-06-08T23:16:29Z",
"published": "2023-10-30T21:33:39Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5349"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/rmagick/rmagick/issues/1401"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/rmagick/rmagick/pull/1406"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/rmagick/rmagick/commit/02f37ca0d6c2b8fff316e0668efa690f5c90a429"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/rmagick/rmagick/commit/fec7a7e639ae565386f7615155dbcf49b957b64a"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5349"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247064"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-frgf-8jr5-j2jv"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/rmagick/rmagick"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/rmagick/CVE-2023-5349.yml"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00030.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/01/msg00003.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S3XMQ2KWPYGT447EKPENGXXHKAQ5NUWF"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"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"
}
],
"summary": "memory leak flaw was found in ruby-magick"
}
GHSA-FRWV-8C9X-7766
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:19 – Updated: 2025-10-22 00:31A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.5.1 and iPadOS 13.5.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.5 Supplemental Update, tvOS 13.4.6, watchOS 6.2.6. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-9859"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400",
"CWE-415"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-06-05T15:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A memory consumption issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 13.5.1 and iPadOS 13.5.1, macOS Catalina 10.15.5 Supplemental Update, tvOS 13.4.6, watchOS 6.2.6. An application may be able to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges.",
"id": "GHSA-frwv-8c9x-7766",
"modified": "2025-10-22T00:31:55Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:19:27Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9859"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.apple.com/HT211214"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-9859"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-FRXP-7WJ7-F8M8
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-07-15 21:31 – Updated: 2025-07-15 21:31Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: DDL). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.0-8.0.42, 8.4.0-8.4.5 and 9.0.0-9.3.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-50093"
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"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-07-15T20:15:45Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "Vulnerability in the MySQL Server product of Oracle MySQL (component: Server: DDL). Supported versions that are affected are 8.0.0-8.0.42, 8.4.0-8.4.5 and 9.0.0-9.3.0. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise MySQL Server. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of MySQL Server. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).",
"id": "GHSA-frxp-7wj7-f8m8",
"modified": "2025-07-15T21:31:42Z",
"published": "2025-07-15T21:31:42Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-50093"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2025.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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]
}
GHSA-FV2F-RW9F-V9CM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-15 15:30 – Updated: 2026-06-29 22:57smtp-server prior to v3.18.3 are vulnerable to unauthenticated memory exhaustion denial-of-service. smtp-server's command parser allows any remote client to consume server memory by sending data without newline characters. The server's _remainder buffer in SMTPStream._write grows without limit, leading to heap exhaustion, prolonged GC pauses that freeze the event loop, and in some cases, process crash.
The _write method in lib/smtp-stream.js appends incoming TCP chunks to this._remainder in command mode. The buffer is only emptied when a newline is found. If a client never sends a newline, the _remainder value will grow indefinitely, causing excess memory consumption.
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"name": "smtp-server"
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-38728"
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"CWE-400"
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"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2026-06-29T22:57:15Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2026-05-15T15:16:51Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "smtp-server prior to v3.18.3 are vulnerable to unauthenticated memory exhaustion denial-of-service. smtp-server\u0027s command parser allows any remote client to consume server memory by sending data without newline characters. The server\u0027s `_remainder` buffer in `SMTPStream._write` grows without limit, leading to heap exhaustion, prolonged GC pauses that freeze the event loop, and in some cases, process crash.\n\nThe `_write` method in `lib/smtp-stream.js` appends incoming TCP chunks to `this._remainder` in command mode. The buffer is only emptied when a newline is found. If a client never sends a newline, the `_remainder` value will grow indefinitely, causing excess memory consumption.",
"id": "GHSA-fv2f-rw9f-v9cm",
"modified": "2026-06-29T22:57:15Z",
"published": "2026-05-15T15:30:45Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-38728"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/nodemailer/smtp-server/commit/592c5666fa0c76d1d04c1a32abad0ef806fbfe97"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bytecreator.dev/blog/CVE-2026-38728"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/nodemailer/smtp-server"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/nodemailer/smtp-server/releases/tag/v3.18.3"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "smtp-server\u0027s command parser memory exhaustion denial-of-service"
}
GHSA-FV42-5HCX-5CR6
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-24 17:35 – Updated: 2022-05-24 17:35A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the Ethernet/IP server functionality of the EIP Stack Group OpENer 2.3 and development commit 8c73bf3. A large number of network requests in a small span of time can cause the running program to stop. An attacker can send a sequence of requests to trigger this vulnerability.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2020-13530"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400",
"CWE-672"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2020-12-11T04:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "A denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the Ethernet/IP server functionality of the EIP Stack Group OpENer 2.3 and development commit 8c73bf3. A large number of network requests in a small span of time can cause the running program to stop. An attacker can send a sequence of requests to trigger this vulnerability.",
"id": "GHSA-fv42-5hcx-5cr6",
"modified": "2022-05-24T17:35:59Z",
"published": "2022-05-24T17:35:59Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13530"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2020-1143"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-FV5R-CW7F-79JM
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-07-15 00:00 – Updated: 2022-07-26 00:01The legacy Slack import feature in Mattermost version 6.7.0 and earlier fails to properly limit the sizes of imported files, which allows an authenticated attacker to crash the server by importing large files via the Slack import REST API.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-2406"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400",
"CWE-770"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-07-14T18:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The legacy Slack import feature in Mattermost version 6.7.0 and earlier fails to properly limit the sizes of imported files, which allows an authenticated attacker to crash the server by importing large files via the Slack import REST API.",
"id": "GHSA-fv5r-cw7f-79jm",
"modified": "2022-07-26T00:01:03Z",
"published": "2022-07-15T00:00:16Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2406"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://mattermost.com/security-updates"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-FV9F-467F-XM3F
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-04-08 00:30 – Updated: 2024-08-16 21:32The Mojolicious module before 9.11 for Perl has a bug in format detection that can potentially be exploited for denial of service.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-47208"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2024-04-08T00:15:07Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The Mojolicious module before 9.11 for Perl has a bug in format detection that can potentially be exploited for denial of service.",
"id": "GHSA-fv9f-467f-xm3f",
"modified": "2024-08-16T21:32:35Z",
"published": "2024-04-08T00:30:46Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-47208"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/mojolicious/mojo/issues/1736"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/mojolicious/mojo/commit/a0c4576ffb11c235088550de9ba7ac4196e1953c"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-FV9W-2HPJ-4Q5W
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-10-17 19:00 – Updated: 2022-10-19 19:00A business logic issue in the handling of large repositories in all versions of GitLab CE/EE from 10.0 before 15.1.6, all versions starting from 15.2 before 15.2.4, all versions starting from 15.3 before 15.3.2 allowed an authenticated and authorized user to exhaust server resources by importing a malicious project.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-2455"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2022-10-17T16:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "A business logic issue in the handling of large repositories in all versions of GitLab CE/EE from 10.0 before 15.1.6, all versions starting from 15.2 before 15.2.4, all versions starting from 15.3 before 15.3.2 allowed an authenticated and authorized user to exhaust server resources by importing a malicious project.",
"id": "GHSA-fv9w-2hpj-4q5w",
"modified": "2022-10-19T19:00:18Z",
"published": "2022-10-17T19:00:27Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2455"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://hackerone.com/reports/1542230"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/cves/-/blob/master/2022/CVE-2022-2455.json"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/359964"
}
],
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"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-FVC2-9Q3J-5CG7
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-05 00:28 – Updated: 2022-05-05 00:28cipso_v4_validate in include/net/cipso_ipv4.h in the Linux kernel before 3.11.7, when CONFIG_NETLABEL is disabled, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and crash), as demonstrated by icmpsic, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0310.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2013-7470"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2019-04-23T03:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "cipso_v4_validate in include/net/cipso_ipv4.h in the Linux kernel before 3.11.7, when CONFIG_NETLABEL is disabled, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and crash), as demonstrated by icmpsic, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-0310.",
"id": "GHSA-fvc2-9q3j-5cg7",
"modified": "2022-05-05T00:28:53Z",
"published": "2022-05-05T00:28:53Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7470"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/f2e5ddcc0d12f9c4c7b254358ad245c9dddce13b"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.11.7"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=f2e5ddcc0d12f9c4c7b254358ad245c9dddce13b"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K21914362"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/7098-security-advisory-40"
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GHSA-FVCW-V2MX-PFQ9
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-09-12 18:30 – Updated: 2024-04-04 07:38Windows TCP/IP Denial of Service Vulnerability
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-38149"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-400"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2023-09-12T17:15:18Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "Windows TCP/IP Denial of Service Vulnerability",
"id": "GHSA-fvcw-v2mx-pfq9",
"modified": "2024-04-04T07:38:09Z",
"published": "2023-09-12T18:30:22Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-38149"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38149"
}
],
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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"
}
]
}
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.