CWE-664

Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime

Pillar

What it is

The product does not maintain or incorrectly maintains control over a resource throughout its lifetime of creation, use, and release.

Resources often have explicit instructions on how to be created, used and destroyed. When code does not follow these instructions, it can lead to unexpected behaviors and potentially exploitable states.Even without explicit instructions, various principles are expected to be adhered to, such as "Do not use an object until after its creation is complete," or "do not use an object after it has been slated for destruction."

Impact

Other

Real-world CVE examples

CVE-2018-1000613 — Cryptography API uses unsafe reflection when deserializing a private key
CVE-2019-19911 — Chain: Python library does not limit the resources used to process images that specify a very large number of bands (CWE-1284), leading to excessive memory cons

Test & detect

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Source: MITRE CWE. View on cwe.mitre.org →