CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion

ID CWE-674

Abstraction Class

Structure Simple

Status Draft

Number of CVEs 248

The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.

Modes of Introduction

Phase	Note
Implementation	The uncontrolled recursion is often due to an improper or missing conditional

Applicable Platforms

Type	Class	Name	Prevalence
Language	Not Language-Specific

Relationships

View			Weakness
# ID	View	Status	# ID	Name	Abstraction	Structure	Status
CWE-1000	Research Concepts	Draft	CWE-834	Excessive Iteration	Class	Simple	Incomplete

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

The Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC™) effort provides a publicly available catalog of common attack patterns that helps users understand how adversaries exploit weaknesses in applications and other cyber-enabled capabilities.

CAPEC at Mitre.org

# ID	Name	Weaknesses
CAPEC-230	Serialized Data with Nested Payloads	CWE-674
CAPEC-231	Oversized Serialized Data Payloads	CWE-674

CVEs Published

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# CVE	Description	CVSS	EPSS	EPSS Trend (30 days)	Affected Products	Weaknesses	Security Advisories	Exploits	PoC	Pubblication Date	Modification Date
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