CWE-833 — Deadlock
CWE-833: Deadlock
MITRE CWE weakness
| Kind | Weakness |
| Abstraction | Base |
| Status | Incomplete |
| Likelihood of exploit | — |
Description
The product contains multiple threads or executable segments that are waiting for each other to release a necessary lock, resulting in deadlock.
Common consequences
- Availability: DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU), DoS: Resource Consumption (Other), DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart
Mitigations
(none listed)
References
- CWE page: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/833.html
- CWE list: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/index.html