Détail du CWE-833

CWE-833

Deadlock
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2010-12-13
00h00 +00:00
2025-12-11
00h00 +00:00
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Nom: Deadlock

The product contains multiple threads or executable segments that are waiting for each other to release a necessary lock, resulting in deadlock.

Informations générales

Modes d'introduction

Implementation

Plateformes applicables

Langue

Class: Not Language-Specific (Undetermined)

Technologies

Class: Not Technology-Specific (Undetermined)

Conséquences courantes

Portée Impact Probabilité
AvailabilityDoS: Resource Consumption (CPU), DoS: Resource Consumption (Other), DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart

Note: Each thread of execution will "hang" and prevent tasks from completing. In some cases, CPU consumption may occur if a lock check occurs in a tight loop.

Exemples observés

Références Description

CVE-1999-1476

A bug in some Intel Pentium processors allow DoS (hang) via an invalid "CMPXCHG8B" instruction, causing a deadlock

CVE-2009-2857

OS deadlock

CVE-2009-1961

OS deadlock involving 3 separate functions

CVE-2009-2699

deadlock in library

CVE-2009-4272

deadlock triggered by packets that force collisions in a routing table

CVE-2002-1850

read/write deadlock between web server and script

CVE-2004-0174

web server deadlock involving multiple listening connections

CVE-2009-1388

multiple simultaneous calls to the same function trigger deadlock.

CVE-2006-5158

chain: other weakness leads to NULL pointer dereference (CWE-476) or deadlock (CWE-833).

CVE-2006-4342

deadlock when an operation is performed on a resource while it is being removed.

CVE-2006-2374

Deadlock in device driver triggered by using file handle of a related device.

CVE-2006-2275

Deadlock when large number of small messages cannot be processed quickly enough.

CVE-2005-3847

OS kernel has deadlock triggered by a signal during a core dump.

CVE-2005-3106

Race condition leads to deadlock.

CVE-2005-2456

Chain: array index error (CWE-129) leads to deadlock (CWE-833)

Méthodes de détection

Automated Static Analysis

Automated static analysis, commonly referred to as Static Application Security Testing (SAST), can find some instances of this weakness by analyzing source code (or binary/compiled code) without having to execute it. Typically, this is done by building a model of data flow and control flow, then searching for potentially-vulnerable patterns that connect "sources" (origins of input) with "sinks" (destinations where the data interacts with external components, a lower layer such as the OS, etc.)
Efficacité : High

Notes de cartographie des vulnérabilités

Justification : This CWE entry is at the Base level of abstraction, which is a preferred level of abstraction for mapping to the root causes of vulnerabilities.
Commentaire : Carefully read both the name and description to ensure that this mapping is an appropriate fit. Do not try to 'force' a mapping to a lower-level Base/Variant simply to comply with this preferred level of abstraction.

Modèles d'attaque associés

CAPEC-ID Nom du modèle d'attaque
CAPEC-25 Forced Deadlock
The adversary triggers and exploits a deadlock condition in the target software to cause a denial of service. A deadlock can occur when two or more competing actions are waiting for each other to finish, and thus neither ever does. Deadlock conditions can be difficult to detect.

Références

REF-62

The Art of Software Security Assessment
Mark Dowd, John McDonald, Justin Schuh.

REF-783

Secure Coding in C and C++
Robert C. Seacord.

Soumission

Nom Organisation Date Date de publication Version
CWE Content Team MITRE 2010-12-12 +00:00 2010-12-13 +00:00 1.11

Modifications

Nom Organisation Date Commentaire
CWE Content Team MITRE 2011-06-01 +00:00 updated Common_Consequences, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2012-05-11 +00:00 updated References
CWE Content Team MITRE 2017-05-03 +00:00 updated Related_Attack_Patterns
CWE Content Team MITRE 2018-03-27 +00:00 updated References
CWE Content Team MITRE 2019-01-03 +00:00 updated Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2020-02-24 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2020-08-20 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2021-07-20 +00:00 updated Observed_Examples
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-01-31 +00:00 updated Description
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-04-27 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-06-29 +00:00 updated Mapping_Notes
CWE Content Team MITRE 2025-12-11 +00:00 updated Applicable_Platforms, Detection_Factors, Time_of_Introduction, Weakness_Ordinalities