CWE-910 Detail

CWE-910

Use of Expired File Descriptor
Medium
Incomplete
2013-02-21
00h00 +00:00
2023-06-29
00h00 +00:00
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Name: Use of Expired File Descriptor

The product uses or accesses a file descriptor after it has been closed.

CWE Description

After a file descriptor for a particular file or device has been released, it can be reused. The code might not write to the original file, since the reused file descriptor might reference a different file or device.

General Informations

Modes Of Introduction

Implementation

Applicable Platforms

Language

Name: C (Sometimes)
Name: C++ (Sometimes)
Class: Not Language-Specific (Undetermined)

Common Consequences

Scope Impact Likelihood
ConfidentialityRead Files or Directories

Note: The program could read data from the wrong file.
AvailabilityDoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart

Note: Accessing a file descriptor that has been closed can cause a crash.

Vulnerability Mapping Notes

Justification : This CWE entry is at the Base level of abstraction, which is a preferred level of abstraction for mapping to the root causes of vulnerabilities.
Comment : Carefully read both the name and description to ensure that this mapping is an appropriate fit. Do not try to 'force' a mapping to a lower-level Base/Variant simply to comply with this preferred level of abstraction.

Submission

Name Organization Date Date release Version
CWE Content Team MITRE 2012-12-21 +00:00 2013-02-21 +00:00 2.4

Modifications

Name Organization Date Comment
CWE Content Team MITRE 2017-11-08 +00:00 updated Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2019-01-03 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2020-02-24 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-01-31 +00:00 updated Description
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-04-27 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-06-29 +00:00 updated Mapping_Notes