CWE-407: Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

Class Incomplete Simple

CWE版本: 4.18

更新日期: 2025-09-09

弱点描述

An algorithm in a product has an inefficient worst-case computational complexity that may be detrimental to system performance and can be triggered by an attacker, typically using crafted manipulations that ensure that the worst case is being reached.

常见后果

影响范围: Availability

技术影响: DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU) DoS: Resource Consumption (Memory) DoS: Resource Consumption (Other)

说明: The typical consequence is CPU consumption, but memory consumption and consumption of other resources can also occur.

观察示例

参考: CVE-2021-32617

C++ library for image metadata has "quadratic complexity" issue with unnecessarily repetitive parsing each time an invalid character is encountered

参考: CVE-2020-10735

Python has "quadratic complexity" issue when converting string to int with many digits in unexpected bases

参考: CVE-2020-5243

server allows ReDOS with crafted User-Agent strings, due to overlapping capture groups that cause excessive backtracking.

参考: CVE-2014-1474

Perl-based email address parser has "quadratic complexity" issue via a string that does not contain a valid address

参考: CVE-2003-0244

CPU consumption via inputs that cause many hash table collisions.

参考: CVE-2003-0364

CPU consumption via inputs that cause many hash table collisions.

参考: CVE-2002-1203

Product performs unnecessary processing before dropping an invalid packet.

参考: CVE-2001-1501

CPU and memory consumption using many wildcards.

参考: CVE-2004-2527

Product allows attackers to cause multiple copies of a program to be loaded more quickly than the program can detect that other copies are running, then exit. This type of error should probably have its own category, where teardown takes more time than initialization.

参考: CVE-2006-6931

Network monitoring system allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and detection outage) via crafted network traffic, aka a "backtracking attack."

参考: CVE-2006-3380

Wiki allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by performing a diff between large, crafted pages that trigger the worst case algorithmic complexity.

参考: CVE-2006-3379

Wiki allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by performing a diff between large, crafted pages that trigger the worst case algorithmic complexity.

参考: CVE-2005-2506

OS allows attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via crafted Gregorian dates.

参考: CVE-2005-1792

Memory leak by performing actions faster than the software can clear them.

引入模式

阶段 说明
Architecture and Design -
Implementation -

适用平台

编程语言
Not Language-Specific (Undetermined)

分类映射

分类名称 条目ID 条目名称 映射适配度
PLOVER - Algorithmic Complexity -
关键信息

CWE ID: CWE-407

抽象级别: Class

结构: Simple

状态: Incomplete

利用可能性: Low

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