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Resource Management Errors

CVE-2009-4448

Medium
5/10

Summary

inc/functions_time.php in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) 1.4.10, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted request with a large year value, which triggers a long loop, as reachable through member.php and possibly other vectors.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL

CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Resource management errors is not a weakness in and of itself, rather it is a category of weaknesses related to improper management of system resources. If not addressed, the weaknesses in this category can lead to unexpected software behavior, loss of access, file modification, sensitive information disclosure, system crash, denial of service, and code execution.

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  • Published