CWE-771Base

Missing Reference to Active Allocated Resource

Incomplete in the CWE catalog · 6 CVEs mapped

6
CVEs mapped
7.5
Median CVSS
What it is

The product does not properly maintain a reference to a resource that has been allocated, which prevents the resource from being reclaimed.

Recent examples
7.5cvss
CVE-2026-3039

CVE-2026-3039 - HIGH Severity Vulnerability

BIND servers that are configured to use TKEY-based authentication via GSS-API tokens are vulnerable to excessive memory consumption when receiving and processing maliciously-constructed packets. Typically these servers will be found in Active Directory integrated DNS deployments and/or Kerberos-secured DNS environments. This issue affects BIND 9 versions 9.0.0 through 9.16.50, 9.18.0 through 9.18.48, 9.20.0 through 9.20.22, 9.21.0 through 9.21.21, 9.9.3-S1 through 9.16.50-S1, 9.18.11-S1 through 9.18.48-S1, and 9.20.9-S1 through 9.20.22-S1.

HIGHno explanation yet
1%
epss
7.4cvss
CVE-2026-20004

A vulnerability in the TLS library of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to exhaust the available memory of an affected…

A vulnerability in the TLS library of Cisco IOS XE Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to exhaust the available memory of an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper management of memory resources during TLS connection setup. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by repeatedly triggering the conditions that cause the memory increase. This could be done in a variety of ways, such as by repeatedly attempting Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) authentication when local EAP is enabled on an affected device or by using a machine-in-the-middle attack and resetting TLS connections between the affected device and other devices. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to exhaust the available memory on an affected device, resulting in an unexpected reload and a denial of service (DoS) condition.

HIGHno explanation yet
0%
epss
4.1cvss
CVE-2025-21090

Missing reference to active allocated resource for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via…

Missing reference to active allocated resource for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

MEDIUMno explanation yet
0%
epss
The record
Technical detail
CWE ID
CWE-771
Abstraction
Base
Structure
Simple
Status
Incomplete