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CWE-416 (释放后使用) — Vulnerability Class 2435

2435 vulnerabilities classified as CWE-416 (释放后使用). AI Chinese analysis included.

CWE-416, Use After Free, is a critical memory safety weakness occurring when a program continues to reference a memory location after it has been deallocated. Attackers typically exploit this vulnerability by freeing an object and then rapidly reallocating that same memory block with attacker-controlled data. Because the original pointer still points to the now-invalid address, the application may inadvertently execute malicious code or corrupt memory structures, often leading to arbitrary code execution or denial of service. To prevent this, developers must rigorously manage memory lifecycles by nullifying pointers immediately after freeing them, ensuring no dangling references remain. Utilizing modern programming languages with automatic garbage collection or employing static analysis tools to detect invalid memory accesses further mitigates the risk, ensuring that freed memory is never accessed again during the program’s execution.

MITRE CWE Description
The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.
Common Consequences (4)
IntegrityModify Memory
The use of previously freed memory may corrupt valid data, if the memory area in question has been allocated and used properly elsewhere.
AvailabilityDoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart
If chunk consolidation occurs after the use of previously freed data, the process may crash when invalid data is used as chunk information.
ConfidentialityRead Memory
Read operations on freed memory can sometimes leak sensitive information instead of causing a crash
Integrity, Confidentiality, AvailabilityExecute Unauthorized Code or Commands
If malicious data is entered before chunk consolidation can take place, it may be possible to take advantage of a write-what-where primitive to execute arbitrary code. If the newly allocated data happens to hold a class, in C++ for example, various function pointers may be scattered within the heap …
Mitigations (2)
Architecture and DesignChoose a language that provides automatic memory management.
ImplementationWhen freeing pointers, be sure to set them to NULL once they are freed. However, the utilization of multiple or complex data structures may lower the usefulness of this strategy.
Effectiveness: Defense in Depth
Examples (2)
The following example demonstrates the weakness.
#include <stdio.h> #include <unistd.h> #define BUFSIZER1 512 #define BUFSIZER2 ((BUFSIZER1/2) - 8) int main(int argc, char **argv) { char *buf1R1; char *buf2R1; char *buf2R2; char *buf3R2; buf1R1 = (char *) malloc(BUFSIZER1); buf2R1 = (char *) malloc(BUFSIZER1); free(buf2R1); buf2R2 = (char *) malloc(BUFSIZER2); buf3R2 = (char *) malloc(BUFSIZER2); strncpy(buf2R1, argv[1], BUFSIZER1-1); free(buf1R1); free(buf2R2); free(buf3R2); }
Bad · C
The following code illustrates a use after free error:
char* ptr = (char*)malloc (SIZE); if (err) { abrt = 1; free(ptr); } ... if (abrt) { logError("operation aborted before commit", ptr); }
Bad · C
CVE IDTitleCVSSSeverityPublished
CVE-2025-20787 MediaTek Chipsets 安全漏洞 — MediaTek chipset 6.7 -2026-01-06
CVE-2025-20785 MediaTek chipsets 安全漏洞 — MediaTek chipset 6.7 -2026-01-06
CVE-2025-20780 MediaTek chipsets 安全漏洞 — MediaTek chipset 6.7 -2026-01-06
CVE-2025-20779 MediaTek chipsets 安全漏洞 — MediaTek chipset 6.4 -2026-01-06
CVE-2025-20802 MediaTek Chipsets 资源管理错误漏洞 — MediaTek chipset 6.7 -2026-01-06
CVE-2025-20799 MediaTek chipsets 安全漏洞 — MediaTek chipset 6.7 -2026-01-06
CVE-2026-21675 iccDEV has a Use After Free vulnerability in CIccCmm class via improper hint manager object deletion — iccDEV 9.8 Critical2026-01-06
CVE-2025-48769 Apache NuttX RTOS: fs/vfs/fs_rename: use after free — Apache NuttX RTOS 9.1 -2026-01-01
CVE-2025-66023 NanoMQ has Use-After-Free of malformed bridging message — nanomq 7.5 -2026-01-01
CVE-2025-15280 FontForge SFD File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — FontForge 7.8 -2025-12-31
CVE-2025-15269 FontForge SFD File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — FontForge 7.8 -2025-12-31
CVE-2025-59946 NanoMQ has a Use After Free vulnerability via sub info list — nanomq 7.5 High2025-12-27
CVE-2025-68617 Use after free in fluidsynth — fluidsynth 7.0 High2025-12-23
CVE-2025-14424 GIMP XCF File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — GIMP 7.8AIHighAI2025-12-23
CVE-2025-66495 Foxit PDF Reader Annotation Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Foxit PDF Reader 7.8 High2025-12-19
CVE-2025-66494 Foxit PDF Reader PDF File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Foxit PDF Reader 7.8 High2025-12-19
CVE-2025-66493 Foxit PDF Reader AcroForm Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Foxit PDF Editor 7.8 High2025-12-19
CVE-2025-64468 Use-after-Free in sentry!sentry_span_set_data() in NI LabVIEW — LabVIEW 7.8 High2025-12-18
CVE-2025-47350 Use After Free in DSP Service — Snapdragon 7.8 High2025-12-18
CVE-2025-47322 Use After Free in Automotive Linux OS — Snapdragon 7.8 High2025-12-18
CVE-2025-27063 Use After Free in Video — Snapdragon 7.8 High2025-12-18
CVE-2025-14765 Google Chrome 资源管理错误漏洞 — Chrome 8.8AIHighAI2025-12-16
CVE-2025-14372 Google Chrome 安全漏洞 — Chrome 9.6AICriticalAI2025-12-12
CVE-2025-14569 ggml-org whisper.cpp common-whisper.cpp read_audio_data use after free — whisper.cpp 5.3 Medium2025-12-12
CVE-2025-66585 Use After Free vulnerability in AzeoTech DAQFactory — DAQFactory 7.8AIHighAI2025-12-11
CVE-2025-62221 Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1809 7.8 High2025-12-09
CVE-2025-62565 Windows File Explorer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1607 7.3 High2025-12-09
CVE-2025-62569 Microsoft Brokering File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 11 Version 24H2 7.0 High2025-12-09
CVE-2025-62559 Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 7.8 High2025-12-09
CVE-2025-62558 Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 7.8 High2025-12-09

Vulnerabilities classified as CWE-416 (释放后使用) represent 2435 CVEs. The CWE taxonomy describes the weakness; review individual CVEs for product-specific impact.