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CWE-769: DEPRECATED: Uncontrolled File Descriptor Consumption

Weakness ID: 769
Vulnerability Mapping: PROHIBITED This CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities
Abstraction: Base Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.
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+ Description
This entry has been deprecated because it was a duplicate of CWE-774. All content has been transferred to CWE-774.
+ Vulnerability Mapping Notes
Usage PROHIBITED
(this CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities)
Reason Deprecated

Rationale

This CWE has been deprecated.

Comments

See description and name for possible suggestions of other CWEs to consider.
+ Content History
+ Submissions
Submission Date Submitter Organization
2009-05-08
(CWE 1.4, 2009-05-27) 		CWE Content Team MITRE
+ Modifications
Modification Date Modifier Organization
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
2019-01-03 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Alternate_Terms, Description, Likelihood_of_Exploit, Name, Potential_Mitigations, References, Relationships, Time_of_Introduction, Type
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Alternate_Terms, Description, Likelihood_of_Exploit, Name, Relationships, Type
2015-12-07 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Relationships
2013-02-21 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Maintenance_Notes
2010-12-13 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Description
2010-06-21 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Description
2010-04-05 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Potential_Mitigations
+ Previous Entry Names
Change Date Previous Entry Name
2017-11-08 File Descriptor Exhaustion
2019-01-03 Uncontrolled File Descriptor Consumption
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