CWE-674
Uncontrolled Recursion
Description
The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.
Hierarchy (View 1000)
Related attack patterns (CAPEC)
CAPEC-230 · CAPEC-231
CVEs mapped to this weakness (496)
page 17 of 25| CVE | Vendor / Product | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2018-6544 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.02 | Feb 2, 2018 | pdf_load_obj_stm in pdf/pdf-xref.c in Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0 could reference the object stream recursively and therefore run out of error stack, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF document. | ||
| CVE-2018-5772 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.02 | Jan 18, 2018 | In Exiv2 0.26, there is a segmentation fault caused by uncontrolled recursion in the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function in the image.cpp file. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted tif file. | ||
| CVE-2017-14861 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.01 | Sep 29, 2017 | There is a stack consumption vulnerability in the Exiv2::Internal::stringFormat function of image.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. A Crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack. | ||
| CVE-2017-0692 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.00 | Jul 6, 2017 | A denial of service vulnerability in the Android media framework. Product: Android. Versions: 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2. Android ID: A-36725407. | ||
| CVE-2017-9617 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.01 | Jun 14, 2017 | In Wireshark 2.2.7, deeply nested DAAP data may cause stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) in the dissect_daap_one_tag function in epan/dissectors/packet-daap.c in the DAAP dissector. | ||
| CVE-2017-9616 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.01 | Jun 14, 2017 | In Wireshark 2.2.7, overly deep mp4 chunks may cause stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) in the dissect_mp4_box function in epan/dissectors/file-mp4.c. | ||
| CVE-2017-7515 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.01 | Jun 6, 2017 | poppler through version 0.55.0 is vulnerable to an uncontrolled recursion in pdfunite resulting into potential denial-of-service. | ||
| CVE-2017-8542 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.06 | May 26, 2017 | The Microsoft Malware Protection Engine running on Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Defender on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server… | ||
| CVE-2017-8539 | Med | 0.36 | 5.5 | 0.06 | May 26, 2017 | The Microsoft Malware Protection Engine running on Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Defender on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server… | ||
| CVE-2026-67194 | Med | 0.35 | 6.5 | 0.00 | Jul 29, 2026 | Courier IMAP before 6.0.1 and Courier Mail Server before 2.0.2 allow authenticated IMAP users to crash the imapd process via deeply nested parenthesized SEARCH queries. The SEARCH command parser (alloc_search_key in searchinfo.C) recursively descends on nested parenthesized… | ||
| CVE-2025-71393 | Med | 0.35 | 6.5 | 0.00 | Jul 18, 2026 | SurrealDB before 2.2.2 with scripting enabled fails to properly enforce recursion limits when native functions contain embedded JavaScript that issues new queries. Authenticated attackers can bypass the recursion limit by chaining native and JavaScript function calls to trigger… | ||
| CVE-2024-58370 | Med | 0.35 | 6.5 | 0.00 | Jul 18, 2026 | SurrealDB versions before 1.1.0 fail to enforce recursion depth limits when parsing nested SurrealQL statements including IF, RELATE, and attribute access idioms. Authorized attackers can submit queries with excessive nesting depth to cause stack overflow and crash the server. | ||
| CVE-2026-47180 | Med | 0.35 | 6.5 | 0.00 | Jul 17, 2026 | Zeroconf is a pure Python implementation of multicast DNS service discovery. Prior to 0.149.5, DNSIncoming._decode_labels_at_offset recurses once per DNS-name compression pointer, and a single mDNS packet carrying chained pointers can trigger a RecursionError that escapes… | ||
| CVE-2026-14803 | Med | 0.35 | 6.5 | 0.00 | Jul 6, 2026 | Mojo::JSON versions before 9.47 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via unbounded recursion in the pure-Perl decoder. The pure-Perl decode path (`_decode_value` dispatching to `_decode_array` and `_decode_object`) recurses with no depth limit, so a small deeply nested JSON… | ||
| CVE-2025-71382 | Med | 0.35 | 6.5 | 0.00 | Jun 23, 2026 | MuPDF before 1.27.0-rc1 contains an uncontrolled recursion vulnerability in the EPUB CSS rendering engine that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by supplying a maliciously crafted EPUB file with deeply nested HTML elements and inline CSS styles. The function… | ||
| CVE-2026-44740 | Med | 0.35 | 6.5 | 0.00 | Jun 1, 2026 | Billy is an interface filesystem abstraction for Go. Prior to versions 5.9.0 and 6.0.0-alpha.1, multiple components may improperly handle crafted or malformed input, resulting in panics, infinite loops, uncontrolled recursion, or excessive resource consumption. These issues… | ||
| CVE-2025-5472 | Med | 0.35 | 6.5 | 0.00 | Jul 7, 2025 | The JSONReader in run-llama/llama_index versions 0.12.28 is vulnerable to a stack overflow due to uncontrolled recursive JSON parsing. This vulnerability allows attackers to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by submitting deeply nested JSON structures, leading to a… | ||
| CVE-2025-32387 | Med | 0.35 | 6.5 | 0.00 | Apr 9, 2025 | Helm is a package manager for Charts for Kubernetes. A JSON Schema file within a chart can be crafted with a deeply nested chain of references, leading to parser recursion that can exceed the stack size limit and trigger a stack overflow. This issue has been resolved in Helm… | ||
| CVE-2024-28244 | Med | 0.35 | 6.5 | 0.02 | Mar 25, 2024 | KaTeX is a JavaScript library for TeX math rendering on the web. KaTeX users who render untrusted mathematical expressions could encounter malicious input using `\def` or `\newcommand` that causes a near-infinite loop, despite setting `maxExpand` to avoid such loops. KaTeX… | ||
| CVE-2024-28243 | Med | 0.35 | 6.5 | 0.01 | Mar 25, 2024 | KaTeX is a JavaScript library for TeX math rendering on the web. KaTeX users who render untrusted mathematical expressions could encounter malicious input using `\edef` that causes a near-infinite loop, despite setting `maxExpand` to avoid such loops. This can be used as an… |
- risk 0.36cvss 5.5epss 0.02
pdf_load_obj_stm in pdf/pdf-xref.c in Artifex MuPDF 1.12.0 could reference the object stream recursively and therefore run out of error stack, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PDF document.
- risk 0.36cvss 5.5epss 0.02
In Exiv2 0.26, there is a segmentation fault caused by uncontrolled recursion in the Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function in the image.cpp file. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted tif file.
- risk 0.36cvss 5.5epss 0.01
There is a stack consumption vulnerability in the Exiv2::Internal::stringFormat function of image.cpp in Exiv2 0.26. A Crafted input will lead to a remote denial of service attack.
- risk 0.36cvss 5.5epss 0.00
A denial of service vulnerability in the Android media framework. Product: Android. Versions: 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2. Android ID: A-36725407.
- risk 0.36cvss 5.5epss 0.01
In Wireshark 2.2.7, deeply nested DAAP data may cause stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) in the dissect_daap_one_tag function in epan/dissectors/packet-daap.c in the DAAP dissector.
- risk 0.36cvss 5.5epss 0.01
In Wireshark 2.2.7, overly deep mp4 chunks may cause stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) in the dissect_mp4_box function in epan/dissectors/file-mp4.c.
- risk 0.36cvss 5.5epss 0.01
poppler through version 0.55.0 is vulnerable to an uncontrolled recursion in pdfunite resulting into potential denial-of-service.
- risk 0.36cvss 5.5epss 0.06
The Microsoft Malware Protection Engine running on Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Defender on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server…
- risk 0.36cvss 5.5epss 0.06
The Microsoft Malware Protection Engine running on Microsoft Forefront and Microsoft Defender on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, and 1703, and Windows Server…
- risk 0.35cvss 6.5epss 0.00
Courier IMAP before 6.0.1 and Courier Mail Server before 2.0.2 allow authenticated IMAP users to crash the imapd process via deeply nested parenthesized SEARCH queries. The SEARCH command parser (alloc_search_key in searchinfo.C) recursively descends on nested parenthesized…
- risk 0.35cvss 6.5epss 0.00
SurrealDB before 2.2.2 with scripting enabled fails to properly enforce recursion limits when native functions contain embedded JavaScript that issues new queries. Authenticated attackers can bypass the recursion limit by chaining native and JavaScript function calls to trigger…
- risk 0.35cvss 6.5epss 0.00
SurrealDB versions before 1.1.0 fail to enforce recursion depth limits when parsing nested SurrealQL statements including IF, RELATE, and attribute access idioms. Authorized attackers can submit queries with excessive nesting depth to cause stack overflow and crash the server.
- risk 0.35cvss 6.5epss 0.00
Zeroconf is a pure Python implementation of multicast DNS service discovery. Prior to 0.149.5, DNSIncoming._decode_labels_at_offset recurses once per DNS-name compression pointer, and a single mDNS packet carrying chained pointers can trigger a RecursionError that escapes…
- risk 0.35cvss 6.5epss 0.00
Mojo::JSON versions before 9.47 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via unbounded recursion in the pure-Perl decoder. The pure-Perl decode path (`_decode_value` dispatching to `_decode_array` and `_decode_object`) recurses with no depth limit, so a small deeply nested JSON…
- risk 0.35cvss 6.5epss 0.00
MuPDF before 1.27.0-rc1 contains an uncontrolled recursion vulnerability in the EPUB CSS rendering engine that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by supplying a maliciously crafted EPUB file with deeply nested HTML elements and inline CSS styles. The function…
- risk 0.35cvss 6.5epss 0.00
Billy is an interface filesystem abstraction for Go. Prior to versions 5.9.0 and 6.0.0-alpha.1, multiple components may improperly handle crafted or malformed input, resulting in panics, infinite loops, uncontrolled recursion, or excessive resource consumption. These issues…
- risk 0.35cvss 6.5epss 0.00
The JSONReader in run-llama/llama_index versions 0.12.28 is vulnerable to a stack overflow due to uncontrolled recursive JSON parsing. This vulnerability allows attackers to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) by submitting deeply nested JSON structures, leading to a…
- risk 0.35cvss 6.5epss 0.00
Helm is a package manager for Charts for Kubernetes. A JSON Schema file within a chart can be crafted with a deeply nested chain of references, leading to parser recursion that can exceed the stack size limit and trigger a stack overflow. This issue has been resolved in Helm…
- risk 0.35cvss 6.5epss 0.02
KaTeX is a JavaScript library for TeX math rendering on the web. KaTeX users who render untrusted mathematical expressions could encounter malicious input using `\def` or `\newcommand` that causes a near-infinite loop, despite setting `maxExpand` to avoid such loops. KaTeX…
- risk 0.35cvss 6.5epss 0.01
KaTeX is a JavaScript library for TeX math rendering on the web. KaTeX users who render untrusted mathematical expressions could encounter malicious input using `\edef` that causes a near-infinite loop, despite setting `maxExpand` to avoid such loops. This can be used as an…