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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CWE-770 · Base · Incomplete

The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any intended restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated.

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Weakness Relationships

Where this weakness sits in the CWE hierarchy. Walk up to broader classes or down to more specific variants.
Parent of this (broader)
ChildOfCWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
ChildOfCWE-665 · Improper Initialization
Children (more specific)
ParentOfCWE-1325 · Improperly Controlled Sequential Memory Allocation
ParentOfCWE-774 · Allocation of File Descriptors or Handles Without Limits or Throttling
ParentOfCWE-789 · Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value
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Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

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How adversaries exploit this weakness, per MITRE CAPEC.
CAPEC-125Flooding
CAPEC-130Excessive Allocation
CAPEC-147XML Ping of the Death
CAPEC-197Exponential Data Expansion
CAPEC-229Serialized Data Parameter Blowup
CAPEC-230Serialized Data with Nested Payloads
CAPEC-231Oversized Serialized Data Payloads
CAPEC-469HTTP DoS
CAPEC-482TCP Flood
CAPEC-486UDP Flood
CAPEC-487ICMP Flood
CAPEC-488HTTP Flood
CAPEC-489SSL Flood
CAPEC-490Amplification
CAPEC-491Quadratic Data Expansion
CAPEC-493SOAP Array Blowup
CAPEC-494TCP Fragmentation
CAPEC-495UDP Fragmentation
CAPEC-496ICMP Fragmentation
CAPEC-528XML Flood
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CVEs With This Weakness

2,022
A sample of the 2,022 CVEs tagged with this weakness.
CVECVE-2026-8468
CVECVE-2026-8466
CVECVE-2026-8280
CVECVE-2026-8202
CVECVE-2026-8124
CVECVE-2026-7776
CVECVE-2026-7768
CVECVE-2026-7541
CVECVE-2026-6948
CVECVE-2026-6860
CVECVE-2026-6060
CVECVE-2026-5807
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Nuclei Scanner Templates

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Open-source Nuclei templates that detect this weakness class - an actionable scan-for-it pivot. Licensed under the ProjectDiscovery / Nuclei terms.
highPure-FTPd 1.0.48 - Denial of Service
External lookups - second-class, for what we don’t hold ourselves
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