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Flooding

nounid 2617·updated May 9, 2026
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An attack that attempts to cause a failure in a system by providing more input than the system can process properly.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Threat95%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
implosion therapy
plural
Floodings
possessive
Flooding's
pluralpossessive
Floodings'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
§1
An attack that attempts to cause a failure in (especially, in the security of) a computer system or other data processing entity by providing more input than the entity can process properly.
NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
An attack that attempts to cause a failure in a system by providing more input than the system can process properly.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
An attack that attempts to cause a failure in a system by providing more input than the system can process properly.
Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
§1
a technique used in behavior therapy
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
An attack that attempts to cause a failure in a system by providing more input than the system can process properly.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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