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CWE-672

Operation on a Resource after Expiration or Release

Class
Draft

Description

The product uses, accesses, or otherwise operates on a resource after that resource has been expired, released, or revoked.

Common Consequences

Scope

Integrity
Confidentiality

Impact

Modify Application Data, Read Application Data

Scope

Other
Availability

Impact

Other, DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart

CVE-2009-3547

Chain: race condition (CWE-362) might allow resource to be released before operating on it, leading to NULL dereference (CWE-476)

Applicable Platforms

Not Language-Specific

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