Meta attack pattern
Stable
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.
High
Typical severity
Per MITRE
Low
Likelihood of attack
Per MITRE
6
Related weaknesses
CWEs this targets
Meta
Abstraction
MITRE classification
Overview
CAPEC-25 (Forced Deadlock) is a meta-level attack pattern catalogued by MITRE in the Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC). It describes a recurring method attackers use to exploit software weaknesses.