이름: Missing Release of File Descriptor or Handle after Effective Lifetime

The product does not release a file descriptor or handle after its effective lifetime has ended, i.e., after the file descriptor/handle is no longer needed.

일반 정보

취약점 도입 방식

Implementation

적용 가능한 플랫폼

언어

클래스: Not Language-Specific (Undetermined)

일반적인 결과

범위	영향	가능성
Availability	DoS: Resource Consumption (Other) 참고: An attacker that can influence the allocation of resources that are not properly released could deplete the available resource pool and prevent all other processes from accessing the same type of resource. When a file descriptor or handle is not released after use (typically by explicitly closing it), attackers can attempt to open a large number of file descriptors/handles, thus consuming all available file descriptors/handles, or otherwise preventing other system processes from obtaining their own file descriptors/handles.

관찰된 예시

참고 자료	설명
CVE-2007-0897	Chain: anti-virus product encounters a malformed file but returns from a function without closing a file descriptor (CWE-775) leading to file descriptor consumption (CWE-400) and failed scans.

잠재적 완화 방법

Phases : Operation // Architecture and Design

탐지 방법

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.)

취약점 매핑 메모

근거 : This CWE entry is at the Variant level of abstraction, which is a preferred level of abstraction for mapping to the root causes of vulnerabilities.
댓글 : 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.

참고 자료

REF-62

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

REF-1534

Automated Technical Debt Measure, Version 2
OMG.
https://www.omg.org/spec/ATDM2/1.0/PDF

제출

이름	조직	날짜	출시일	Version
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2009-05-13 +00:00	2009-05-27 +00:00	1.4

수정 사항

이름	조직	날짜	댓글
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2009-12-28 +00:00	updated Observed_Examples
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2010-04-05 +00:00	updated Potential_Mitigations
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2011-06-01 +00:00	updated Common_Consequences
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2012-05-11 +00:00	updated References, Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2012-10-30 +00:00	updated Potential_Mitigations
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2014-07-30 +00:00	updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2015-12-07 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2017-11-08 +00:00	updated Likelihood_of_Exploit, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2019-01-03 +00:00	updated Common_Consequences, Relationships, Theoretical_Notes
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2019-06-20 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2020-02-24 +00:00	updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2020-08-20 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2020-12-10 +00:00	updated Relationships
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2022-10-13 +00:00	updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
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, Weakness_Ordinalities
CWE Content Team	MITRE	2026-10-28 +00:00	updated Common_Consequences, Description, Dimensions, References

CWE-775 상세 정보

CWE-775