The product does not release a file descriptor or handle after its effective lifetime has ended, i.e., after the file descriptor/handle is no longer needed.
Volume of CVEs assigned to CWE-775 and their average CVSS base score over time.
Top CVEs that have been assigned this CWE. A single CVE can have multiple CWE assignments, though many have just one.
7 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2026-45287MEDIUM OpenTelemetry-Go is the Go implementation of OpenTelemetry. Prior to version 0.0.17, `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/schema/v1.0` and `go.opentelemetry.io/otel/schema/v1.1` leaks one fil | Jun 4, 2026 | 5.5 | 26 | NO | NO |
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, 2017 | 7.5 | 24 | NO | NO |
CVE-2019-25557MEDIUM TwistedBrush Pro Studio 24.06 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by importing a malformed .srp script file. Attackers c | Mar 21, 2026 | 6.2 | 23 | NO | NO |
CVE-2025-13751MEDIUM Interactive service agent in OpenVPN version 2.5.0 through 2.6.16 and 2.7_alpha1 through 2.7_rc2 on Windows allows a local authenticated user to connect to the service and trigger | Dec 3, 2025 | 5.5 | 22 | NO | NO |
CVE-2024-24444HIGH Improper file descriptor handling for closed connections in OpenAirInterface CN5G AMF (oai-cn5g-amf) up to v2.0.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by repeatedly | Jan 21, 2025 | 7.5 | 22 | NO | NO |
CVE-2025-53476MEDIUM A denial of service vulnerability exists in the ModbusTCP server functionality of OpenPLC _v3 a931181e8b81e36fadf7b74d5cba99b73c3f6d58. A specially crafted series of network connec | Oct 7, 2025 | 5.3 | 20 | NO | NO |
CVE-2016-8819HIGH All versions of NVIDIA Windows GPU Display Driver contain a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape where a handle to a kernel object may be | Dec 16, 2016 | 7.8 | 20 | NO | NO |
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