Base weakness
Incomplete
CWE-910: Use of Expired File Descriptor
Also known as: Stale file descriptor
The product uses or accesses a file descriptor after it has been closed.
1
Recorded CVEs
With this primary weakness
0
KEVs
In the CISA KEV catalog
Medium
Likelihood of exploit
Per MITRE
Base
Abstraction
MITRE classification
Overview
After a file descriptor for a particular file or device has been released, it can be reused. The code might not write to the original file, since the reused file descriptor might reference a different file or device.