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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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.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-2025-62491 Use-after-free in js_std_promise_rejection_check in QuickJS — QuickJS 9.1AICriticalAI2025-10-16
CVE-2025-62490 Use-after-free in js_print_object in QuickJS — QuickJS 9.8AICriticalAI2025-10-16
CVE-2025-48008 BIG-IP MPTCP vulnerability — BIG-IP 7.5 High2025-10-15
CVE-2025-54279 Animate | Use After Free (CWE-416) — Animate 7.8 High2025-10-15
CVE-2025-61802 Substance3D - Stager | Use After Free (CWE-416) — Substance3D - Stager 7.8 High2025-10-14
CVE-2025-61801 Dimension | Use After Free (CWE-416) — Dimension 7.8 High2025-10-14
CVE-2025-54281 Adobe Framemaker | Use After Free (CWE-416) — Adobe Framemaker 7.8 High2025-10-14
CVE-2025-59238 Microsoft PowerPoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 7.8 High2025-10-14
CVE-2025-59227 Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 7.8 High2025-10-14
CVE-2025-59225 Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 7.8 High2025-10-14
CVE-2025-59226 Microsoft Office Visio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 7.8 High2025-10-14
CVE-2025-59224 Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 7.8 High2025-10-14
CVE-2025-59222 Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 7.8 High2025-10-14
CVE-2025-59223 Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 7.8 High2025-10-14
CVE-2025-59221 Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 7.0 High2025-10-14
CVE-2025-59210 Windows Resilient File System (ReFS) Deduplication Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 11 Version 24H2 7.4 High2025-10-14
CVE-2025-59189 Microsoft Brokering File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 11 Version 24H2 7.4 High2025-10-14
CVE-2025-58738 Inbox COM Objects (Global Memory) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1507 7.0 High2025-10-14
CVE-2025-58737 Remote Desktop Protocol Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows Server 2012 R2 7.0 High2025-10-14
CVE-2025-58734 Inbox COM Objects (Global Memory) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1507 7.0 High2025-10-14
CVE-2025-58736 Inbox COM Objects (Global Memory) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1507 7.0 High2025-10-14
CVE-2025-58733 Inbox COM Objects (Global Memory) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1507 7.0 High2025-10-14
CVE-2025-58731 Inbox COM Objects (Global Memory) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows 11 version 22H2 7.0 High2025-10-14
CVE-2025-58730 Inbox COM Objects (Global Memory) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1507 7.0 High2025-10-14
CVE-2025-58718 Remote Desktop Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Remote Desktop client for Windows Desktop 8.8 High2025-10-14
CVE-2025-55693 Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 11 Version 24H2 7.4 High2025-10-14
CVE-2025-55691 Windows PrintWorkflowUserSvc Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 11 Version 24H2 7.0 High2025-10-14
CVE-2025-55688 Windows PrintWorkflowUserSvc Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 11 Version 24H2 7.0 High2025-10-14
CVE-2025-55690 Windows PrintWorkflowUserSvc Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 11 Version 24H2 7.0 High2025-10-14
CVE-2025-55684 Windows PrintWorkflowUserSvc Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 11 Version 24H2 7.0 High2025-10-14

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.