CWE-1050: Excessive Platform Resource Consumption within a Loop

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Description

The product has a loop body or loop condition that contains a control element that directly or indirectly consumes platform resources, e.g. messaging, sessions, locks, or file descriptors.

Extended Description

This issue can make the product perform more slowly. If an attacker can influence the number of iterations in the loop, then this performance problem might allow a denial of service by consuming more platform resources than intended.


ThreatScore

Threat Mapped score: 1.9

Industry: Finiancial

Threat priority: P3 - Important (Medium)


Observed Examples (CVEs)

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Attack TTPs

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Modes of Introduction

Phase Note
None listed.

Common Consequences

Potential Mitigations

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