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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.

4
Assigned CVEs
563rd
Commonality Rank
6.5
Avg CVSS
0.0%
In CISA KEV

Volume and Severity of Assigned CVEs Over Time

Volume of CVEs assigned to CWE-769 and their average CVSS base score over time.

Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Jun 16, 2017
9 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Apr 28, 2025
455 days ago

Top CVEs Assigned This CWE

Top CVEs that have been assigned this CWE. A single CVE can have multiple CWE assignments, though many have just one.

4 CVEs · Highest risk first

CVEPublishedCVSSRiskKEVExploit
CVE-2018-0358HIGH
A vulnerability in the file descriptor handling of Cisco TelePresence Video Communication Server (VCS) Expressway could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a denial
Jun 21, 20187.526NONO
CVE-2017-8452HIGH
Kibana versions prior to 5.2.1 configured for SSL client access, file descriptors will fail to be cleaned up after certain requests and will accumulate over time until the process
Jun 16, 20177.524NONO
CVE-2017-1000098HIGH
The net/http package's Request.ParseMultipartForm method starts writing to temporary files once the request body size surpasses the given "maxMemory" limit. It was possible for an
Oct 5, 20177.523NONO
CVE-2025-4001LOW
A vulnerability has been found in scipopt scip up to 9.2.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function main of the file examples/LOP/src/genRandom
Apr 28, 20253.312NONO
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CVE Severity & Scoring

This CWEGlobal (All CVEs)
0.0-0.9
1.0-1.9
2.0-2.9
25%
3.0-3.9
10%
4.0-4.9
19%
5.0-5.9
16%
6.0-6.9
75%
26%
7.0-7.9
11%
8.0-8.9
14%
9.0-10.0
unknown
CVSS Score Range

Exploit Exposure

Exploit activity across CVEs assigned to this CWE, including CVEs that carry other CWE assignments.

CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%

Social Chatter

Social posts that mention CVE IDs assigned to this CWE. This is assigned-CVE activity, not mentions of the CWE label itself.

Media Mentions

Media articles that mention CVE IDs assigned to this CWE. This is assigned-CVE coverage, not mentions of the CWE label itself.

Top Affected Vendors

Top Affected Products