1801
Nature Type ID Name Page
ChildOf 672 Operation on a Resource after Expiration or Release 1479
Relevant to the view "Software Development" (CWE-699)
Nature Type ID Name Page
MemberOf 399 Resource Management Errors 2324
Weakness Ordinalities
Primary :
Resultant :
Applicable Platforms
Language : C (Prevalence = Sometimes)
Language : C++ (Prevalence = Sometimes)
Language : Not Language-Specific (Prevalence = Undetermined)
Alternate Terms
Stale file descriptor :
Likelihood Of Exploit
Medium
Common Consequences
Scope Impact Likelihood
Confidentiality Read Files or Directories
The program could read data from the wrong file.
Availability DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart
Accessing a file descriptor that has been closed can cause
a crash.
MemberOf Relationships
This MemberOf relationships table shows additional CWE Catgeories and Views that reference this
weakness as a member. This information is often useful in understanding where a weakness fits
within the context of external information sources.
Nature Type ID Name Page
MemberOf 1163 SEI CERT C Coding Standard - Guidelines 09. Input
Output (FIO)
1154 2459
MemberOf 1415 Comprehensive Categorization: Resource Control 1400 2544
Taxonomy Mappings
Mapped Taxonomy Name Node ID Fit Mapped Node Name
CERT C Secure Coding FIO46-C Exact Do not access a closed file
CWE-911: Improper Update of Reference Count
Weakness ID : 911
Structure : Simple
Abstraction : Base
Description
The product uses a reference count to manage a resource, but it does not update or incorrectly
updates the reference count.
CWE Version 4.14
CWE-911: Improper Update of Reference Count
CWE-911: Improper Update of Reference Count