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Infinite Loop
Infinite Loop
CWE-835
Overtime trend (NVD)
CVSS severity (NVD, All Time)
Per technology (GHSA, All time)
43%
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Maven
20%
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Pip
12%
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Go
23%
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Others
Short description
The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.
Extended description
If the loop can be influenced by an attacker, this weakness could allow attackers to consume excessive resources such as CPU or memory.