CWE-835— Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.— MITRE CWE catalog

981 active CVEs classified under this weakness category. Sourced from NVD, GHSA, and vendor advisories. Full definition on MITRE →

CVEs classified under CWE-835page 18 of 20

CVE-2018-5786MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2018-01-19
In Long Range Zip (aka lrzip) 0.631, there is an infinite loop and application hang in the get_fileinfo function (lrzip.c). Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted lrz file.
CVE-2018-5711MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2018-01-16
gd_gif_in.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd), as used in PHP before 5.6.33, 7.0.x before 7.0.27, 7.1.x before 7.1.13, and 7.2.x before 7.2.1, has an integer signedness error that leads to an infinite loop via a crafted GIF file, as d…
CVE-2018-5686MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2018-01-14
In MuPDF 1.12.0, there is an infinite loop vulnerability and application hang in the pdf_parse_array function (pdf/pdf-parse.c) because EOF is not considered. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service …
CVE-2018-5650MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2018-01-12
In Long Range Zip (aka lrzip) 0.631, there is an infinite loop and application hang in the unzip_match function in runzip.c. Remote attackers could leverage this vulnerability to cause a denial of service via a crafted lrz file.
CVE-2017-15024MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2017-10-05
find_abstract_instance_name in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and application crash) via a cr…
CVE-2017-14934MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2017-09-30
process_debug_info in dwarf.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted ELF file that contains a negati…
CVE-2017-14933MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2017-09-30
read_formatted_entries in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted ELF file.
CVE-2017-14932MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2017-09-30
decode_line_info in dwarf2.c in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.29, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted ELF file.
CVE-2017-6267MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2017-09-22
NVIDIA GPU Display Driver contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer handler where an incorrect initialization of internal objects can cause an infinite loop which may lead to a denial of service.
CVE-2017-13756MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2017-08-29
In The Sleuth Kit (TSK) 4.4.2, opening a crafted disk image triggers infinite recursion in dos_load_ext_table() in tsk/vs/dos.c in libtskvs.a, as demonstrated by mmls.
CVE-2017-11118MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2017-07-31
The ExifImageFile::readImage function in ExifImageFileRead.cpp in OpenExif 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted jpg file.
CVE-2017-9258MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2017-07-27
The TDStretch::processSamples function in source/SoundTouch/TDStretch.cpp in SoundTouch 1.9.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted wav file.
CVE-2017-11627MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2017-07-25
A stack-consumption vulnerability was found in libqpdf in QPDF 6.0.0, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file, related to the PointerHolder function in PointerHolder.hh, aka an "infinite loop."
CVE-2017-11626MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2017-07-25
A stack-consumption vulnerability was found in libqpdf in QPDF 6.0.0, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file, related to the QPDFTokenizer::resolveLiteral function in QPDFTokenizer.cc after four consecutive …
CVE-2017-11625MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2017-07-25
A stack-consumption vulnerability was found in libqpdf in QPDF 6.0.0, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file, related to the QPDF::resolveObjectsInStream function in QPDF.cc, aka an "infinite loop."
CVE-2017-11624MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2017-07-25
A stack-consumption vulnerability was found in libqpdf in QPDF 6.0.0, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted file, related to the QPDFTokenizer::resolveLiteral function in QPDFTokenizer.cc after two consecutive c…
CVE-2017-7542MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2017-07-21
The ip6_find_1stfragopt function in net/ipv6/output_core.c in the Linux kernel through 4.12.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and infinite loop) by leveraging the ability to open a raw socket.
CVE-2017-11171MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2017-07-11
Bad reference counting in the context of accept_ice_connection() in gsm-xsmp-server.c in old versions of gnome-session up until version 2.29.92 allows a local attacker to establish ICE connections to gnome-session with invalid authenticati…
CVE-2017-0685MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2017-07-06
A denial of service vulnerability in the Android media framework. Product: Android. Versions: 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2. Android ID: A-34203195.
CVE-2017-9222MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2017-06-27
The mp4ff_parse_tag function in common/mp4ff/mp4meta.c in Freeware Advanced Audio Decoder 2 (FAAD2) 2.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted mp4 file.
CVE-2017-9375MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2017-06-16
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator), when built with USB xHCI controller emulator support, allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (infinite recursive call) via vectors involving control transfer descriptors sequencing.
CVE-2017-9210MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2017-05-23
libqpdf.a in QPDF 6.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and stack consumption) via a crafted PDF document, related to unparse functions, aka qpdf-infiniteloop3.
CVE-2017-9209MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2017-05-23
libqpdf.a in QPDF 6.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and stack consumption) via a crafted PDF document, related to QPDFObjectHandle::parseInternal, aka qpdf-infiniteloop2.
CVE-2017-9208MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2017-05-23
libqpdf.a in QPDF 6.0.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and stack consumption) via a crafted PDF document, related to releaseResolved functions, aka qpdf-infiniteloop1.
CVE-2017-8054MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2017-04-22
The function PdfPagesTree::GetPageNodeFromArray in PdfPageTree.cpp:464 in PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite recursion and application crash) via a crafted PDF document.
CVE-2017-8053MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2017-04-22
PoDoFo 0.9.5 allows denial of service (infinite recursion and stack consumption) via a crafted PDF file in PoDoFo::PdfParser::ReadDocumentStructure (PdfParser.cpp).
CVE-2017-2417MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2017-04-02
An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. iOS before 10.3 is affected. macOS before 10.12.4 is affected. tvOS before 10.2 is affected. watchOS before 3.2 is affected. The issue involves the "CoreGraphics" component. It allows remo…
CVE-2017-5973MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2017-03-27
The xhci_kick_epctx function in hw/usb/hcd-xhci.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local guest OS privileged users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via vectors related to control transfer descriptor se…
CVE-2017-5987MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2017-03-20
The sdhci_sdma_transfer_multi_blocks function in hw/sd/sdhci.c in QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) allows local OS guest privileged users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and QEMU process crash) via vectors involving the transfer mode …
CVE-2017-6314MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2017-03-10
The make_available_at_least function in io-tiff.c in gdk-pixbuf allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a large TIFF file.
CVE-2017-5852MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2017-03-01
The PoDoFo::PdfPage::GetInheritedKeyFromObject function in base/PdfVariant.cpp in PoDoFo 0.9.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted file.
CVE-2015-8900MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2017-02-27
The ReadHDRImage function in coders/hdr.c in ImageMagick 6.x and 7.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted HDR file.
CVE-2017-6299MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2017-02-24
An issue was discovered in ytnef before 1.9.1. This is related to a patch described as "2 of 9. Infinite Loop / DoS in the TNEFFillMapi function in lib/ytnef.c."
CVE-2016-9776MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2016-12-29
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the ColdFire Fast Ethernet Controller emulator support is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur while receiving packets in 'mcf_fec_receive'. A privileged user/process inside guest could …
CVE-2016-1981MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2016-12-29
QEMU (aka Quick Emulator) built with the e1000 NIC emulation support is vulnerable to an infinite loop issue. It could occur while processing data via transmit or receive descriptors, provided the initial receive/transmit descriptor head (…
CVE-2015-8558MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2016-05-23
The ehci_process_itd function in hw/usb/hcd-ehci.c in QEMU allows local guest OS administrators to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a circular isochronous transfer descriptor (iTD) list.
CVE-2012-1186MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2012-06-05
Integer overflow in the SyncImageProfiles function in profile.c in ImageMagick 6.7.5-8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted IOP tag offsets in the IFD in an image. NOTE: this vulnera…
CVE-2012-0248MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2012-06-05
ImageMagick 6.7.5-7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and hang) via a crafted image whose IFD contains IOP tags that all reference the beginning of the IDF.
CVE-2011-4621MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.5
2012-05-17
The Linux kernel before 2.6.37 does not properly implement a certain clock-update optimization, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang) via an application that executes code in a loop.
CVE-2022-28886MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 5.5
2022-09-23
A Denial-of-Service vulnerability was discovered in the F-Secure and WithSecure products where aerdl.so/aerdl.dll may go into an infinite loop when unpacking PE files. It is possible that this can crash the scanning engine
CVE-2022-31628MEDIUMCVSS 2.3EG 5.5
2022-09-28
In PHP versions before 7.4.31, 8.0.24 and 8.1.11, the phar uncompressor code would recursively uncompress "quines" gzip files, resulting in an infinite loop.
CVE-2026-46146MEDIUMEG 5.5
2026-05-28
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Avoid potential endless loop in convert_chmap_v3() The convert_chmap_v3() has a loop with its increment size of cs_desc->wLength, but we forgot to valid…
CVE-2025-23221MEDIUMCVSS 5.4EG 5.4
2025-01-20
Fedify is a TypeScript library for building federated server apps powered by ActivityPub and other standards. This vulnerability allows a user to maneuver the Webfinger mechanism to perform a GET request to any internal resource on any Hos…
CVE-2024-28836MEDIUMCVSS 5.4EG 5.4
2024-04-03
An issue was discovered in Mbed TLS 3.5.x before 3.6.0. When negotiating the TLS version on the server side, it can fall back to the TLS 1.2 implementation of the protocol if it is disabled. If the TLS 1.2 implementation was disabled at bu…
CVE-2026-106568MEDIUMCVSS 5.3EG 5.3
2026-10-07
ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Prior to 7.1.2-32 and 6.9.13-57, a crafted XMP profile embedded in an image can cause the profile parser to enter an infinite loop, preventing i…
CVE-2026-106116MEDIUMCVSS 5.3EG 5.3
2026-10-06
ImageSharp is a 2D graphics library. From 2.0.0 until 4.1.2, ExifReader.ReadValues64 trusts the 64-bit BigTIFF IFD entry count and iterates once per declared entry. When fewer than 20 bytes remain, ExifReader.ReadValue64 returns without ad…
CVE-2026-71436MEDIUMCVSS 5.3EG 5.3
2026-08-06
Mermaid is a JavaScript tool that uses Markdown-inspired text to create and modify diagrams and charts. From version 10.6.0 until 10.9.8 and 11.16.1, Mermaid XY Charts are vulnerable to an infinite loop denial of service in the setXAxisRan…
CVE-2026-41150MEDIUMCVSS 5.3EG 5.3
2026-05-29
Mermaid is a JavaScript tool that uses Markdown-inspired text to create and modify diagrams and charts. Prior to 10.9.6 and 11.15.0, there is a denial-of-service attack when rendering gantt charts, if they use the excludes attribute to exc…
CVE-2026-8318MEDIUMCVSS 5.3EG 5.3
2026-05-11
A security flaw has been discovered in VectifyAI PageIndex up to f50e52975313c6716c02b20a119577a1929decba. Affected by this vulnerability is the function toc_transformer of the file pageindex/page_index.py of the component PDF Table of Con…
CVE-2026-6985MEDIUMCVSS 5.3EG 5.3
2026-04-25
A weakness has been identified in Cesanta Mongoose up to 7.20. This vulnerability affects the function handle_opt of the file /src/net_builtin.c of the component TCP Option Handler. This manipulation of the argument optlen causes infinite …

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