Base weakness
Deprecated
CWE-769: DEPRECATED: Uncontrolled File Descriptor Consumption
This entry has been deprecated because it was a duplicate of CWE-774. All content has been transferred to CWE-774.
2
Recorded CVEs
With this primary weakness
0
KEVs
In the CISA KEV catalog
Not rated
Likelihood of exploit
Per MITRE
Base
Abstraction
MITRE classification
Overview
CWE-769 (DEPRECATED: Uncontrolled File Descriptor Consumption) is a base-level software weakness catalogued by MITRE in the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE). It describes a recurring type of mistake that can lead to exploitable security vulnerabilities.