CWE-920 4 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-920: Improper Restriction of Power Consumption

Overview

CWE-920 (Improper Restriction of Power Consumption) documents a weakness type used across vulnerability databases and security assessments. Use the sections below for definition, context, and mapped CVEs.

Security impact
Security impact: Depends on product and context; use CVE records, severity scores, and MITRE guidance to prioritize.

Description

The product operates in an environment in which power is a limited resource that cannot be automatically replenished, but the product does not properly restrict the amount of power that its operation consumes.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language Not Language-Specific Undetermined
technology Mobile Undetermined

Related CVEs in this database

These CVEs are mapped to this weakness in this database and kept for traceability and search.

CVE Published Summary
CVE-2023-52832 2024-05-21 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: don't return unset power in ieee80211_get_tx_power() We can get a UBSAN warning if ieee80211_get_tx_power() return…
CVE-2020-35553 2020-12-18 An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with Q(10.0) and R(11.0) (Qualcomm SM8250 chipsets) software. They allows attackers to cause a denial of service (unlock failure) by triggering a powe…
CVE-2017-12714 2018-04-25 Abbott Laboratories pacemakers manufactured prior to Aug 28, 2017 do not restrict or limit the number of correctly formatted "RF wake-up" commands that can be received, which may allow a nearby attack…
CVE-2017-8144 2017-11-22 Honor 5A,Honor 8 Lite,Mate9,Mate9 Pro,P10,P10 Plus Huawei smartphones with software the versions before CAM-L03C605B143CUSTC605D003,the versions before Prague-L03C605B161,the versions before Prague-L2…

Content submission

Name
CWE Content Team
Organization
MITRE
Date
2013-06-11
Version
2.5

Content modifications

Date Name Version Importance Comment
2019-06-20 CWE Content Team 3.3 updated Relationships
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Applicable_Platforms, Relationships
2023-01-31 CWE Content Team 4.10 updated Description
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Weakness_Ordinalities

Contributions

Type Name Date Comment
Content "Mapping CWE to 62443" Sub-Working Group 2023-04-25 Suggested mappings to ISA/IEC 62443.
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