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CWE-1088 — Synchronous Access of Remote Resource without Timeout

provenance: imported · CWE: CWE-1088

CWE-1088: Synchronous Access of Remote Resource without Timeout

MITRE CWE weakness

Kind Weakness
Abstraction Base
Status Incomplete
Likelihood of exploit

Description

The code has a synchronous call to a remote resource, but there is no timeout for the call, or the timeout is set to infinite.

Common consequences

  • Other: Reduce Reliability

Mitigations

(none listed)

References

  • CWE page: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1088.html
  • CWE list: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/index.html