Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE Definition / CWE-409

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

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

    Published:19 Jul 2006
    Organization:MITRE
    Modified:11 Dec 2025

    Related Weakness

    CWE-405: Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification)