CWE-409—Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)

Weakness Name

Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)

Description

The product does not handle or incorrectly handles a compressed input with a very high compression ratio that produces a large output.

An example of data amplification is a "decompression bomb," a small ZIP file that can produce a large amount of data when it is decompressed.

Common Consequences

Scope:

Availability

Impact:

DoS: Amplification, DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart, DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU), DoS: Resource Consumption (Memory)

Notes:

System resources, CPU and memory, can be quickly consumed. This can lead to poor system performance or system crash.

Related Weaknesses

• CWE-405Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification)