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VulnerabilityVulnerable Version
  • H
Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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  • M
Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU)

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  • M
Link Following

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  • M
Misinterpretation of Input

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  • M
Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')

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  • M
Improper Null Termination

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  • M
Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

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  • M
Link Following

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  • M
Directory Traversal

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  • H
Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU)

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  • H
Directory Traversal

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  • M
Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU)

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  • M
Directory Traversal

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  • L
Stack-based Buffer Overflow

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  • M
Out-of-Bounds

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  • L
Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

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  • M
Directory Traversal

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  • L
Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

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  • L
NULL Pointer Dereference

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  • M
CVE-2005-2541

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