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CWE-401

1,849 CVEs • Abstraction: Variant • Likelihood of Exploit: Medium

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory.

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CVEs (1,849)

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CVE-2008-3913
2Clamav
Debian
2Clamav
Debian Linux
Apr 23, 2026
Sep 11, 2008
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
5.0 MEDIUM· v2
Multiple memory leaks in freshclam/manager.c in ClamAV before 0.94 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors related to "error handling logic".
CVE-2007-2274
1Opera
1Opera Browser
Apr 23, 2026
Apr 25, 2007
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
7.8 HIGH· v2
The BitTorrent implementation in Opera 9.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and application crash) via a malformed torrent file. NOTE: the original disclosure refers to this as a mem...Show more
The BitTorrent implementation in Opera 9.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and application crash) via a malformed torrent file. NOTE: the original disclosure refers to this as a memory leak, but it is not certain.Show less
CVE-2005-3181
4Canonical
DebianLinux+1 more
4Debian Linux
LinuxLinux Kernel+1 more
Apr 16, 2026
Oct 12, 2005
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
2.1 LOW· v2
The audit system in Linux kernel 2.6.6, and other versions before 2.6.13.4, when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled, uses an incorrect function to free names_cache memory, which prevents the memory from being tracked by AUDI...Show more
The audit system in Linux kernel 2.6.6, and other versions before 2.6.13.4, when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL is enabled, uses an incorrect function to free names_cache memory, which prevents the memory from being tracked by AUDITSYSCALL code and leads to a memory leak that allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).Show less
CVE-2005-3119
1Linux
1Linux Kernel
Apr 16, 2026
Oct 12, 2005
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
2.1 LOW· v2
Memory leak in the request_key_auth_destroy function in request_key_auth in Linux kernel 2.6.10 up to 2.6.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of authorization token...Show more
Memory leak in the request_key_auth_destroy function in request_key_auth in Linux kernel 2.6.10 up to 2.6.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of authorization token keys.Show less
CVE-2004-0427
1Linux
1Linux Kernel
Apr 16, 2026
Jul 7, 2004
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
2.1 LOW· v2
The do_fork function in Linux 2.4.x before 2.4.26, and 2.6.x before 2.6.6, does not properly decrement the mm_count counter when an error occurs after the mm_struct for a child process has been activated, which triggers...Show more
The do_fork function in Linux 2.4.x before 2.4.26, and 2.6.x before 2.6.6, does not properly decrement the mm_count counter when an error occurs after the mm_struct for a child process has been activated, which triggers a memory leak that allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via the clone (CLONE_VM) system call.Show less
CVE-2004-0222
1Openbsd
1Openbsd
Apr 16, 2026
May 4, 2004
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
5.0 MEDIUM· v2
Multiple memory leaks in isakmpd in OpenBSD 3.4 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via certain ISAKMP packets, as demonstrated by the Striker ISAKMP Protocol Test Suite.
CVE-2002-0574
1Freebsd
1Freebsd
Apr 16, 2026
Jul 3, 2002
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
5.0 MEDIUM· v2
Memory leak in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via ICMP echo packets that trigger a bug in ip_output() in which the reference count for a routing table ent...Show more
Memory leak in FreeBSD 4.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via ICMP echo packets that trigger a bug in ip_output() in which the reference count for a routing table entry is not decremented, which prevents the entry from being removed.Show less
CVE-2001-0543
1Microsoft
3Exchange Server
Windows 2000Windows Nt
Apr 16, 2026
Sep 20, 2001
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
5.0 MEDIUM· v2
Memory leak in NNTP service in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a large number of malformed posts.
CVE-2001-0136
4Conectiva
DebianMandrakesoft+1 more
4Debian Linux
LinuxMandrake Linux+1 more
Apr 16, 2026
Mar 12, 2001
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
5.0 MEDIUM· v2
Memory leak in ProFTPd 1.2.0rc2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a series of USER commands, and possibly SIZE commands if the server has been improperly installed.