CWE-910 - Use of Expired File Descriptor
CWE-910 Medium
- Abstraction:
- Base
- Structure:
- Simple
- Status:
- Incomplete
- Weakness Name
Use of Expired File Descriptor
- Description
The product uses or accesses a file descriptor after it has been closed.
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.
- Common Consequences
Scope: Confidentiality
Impact: Read Files or Directories
Notes: The program could read data from the wrong file.
Scope: Availability
Impact: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart
Notes: Accessing a file descriptor that has been closed can cause a crash.
- Related Weaknesses
- Release Date:
- 2013-02-21
- Latest Modification Date:
- 2023-06-29
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