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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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.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-2025-54903 Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 7.8 High2025-09-09
CVE-2025-54896 Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 7.8 High2025-09-09
CVE-2025-54111 Windows UI XAML Phone DatePickerFlyout Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1507 7.8 High2025-09-09
CVE-2025-54102 Windows Connected Devices Platform Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1607 7.8 High2025-09-09
CVE-2025-54101 Windows SMB Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1507 4.8 Medium2025-09-09
CVE-2025-36854 EOL ASP.NET 6.0 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — .NET 6.0 8.1 High2025-09-08
CVE-2025-3212 Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows access to already freed memory — Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver 7.8AIHighAI2025-09-08
CVE-2025-54588 Envoy: Race condition in Dynamic Forward Proxy leads to use-after-free and segmentation faults — envoy 7.5 High2025-09-02
CVE-2025-20707 MediaTek Modem 资源管理错误漏洞 — MT2718, MT6853, MT6877, MT6893, MT6899, MT6991, MT8196, MT8676, MT8678, MT8775, MT8786, MT8788E, MT8791T, MT8792, MT8796, MT8883, MT8893 6.7AIMediumAI2025-09-01
CVE-2025-20706 MediaTek Modem 资源管理错误漏洞 — MT6899, MT6989, MT6991, MT8676, MT8678 6.7AIMediumAI2025-09-01
CVE-2025-20705 MediaTek Modem 资源管理错误漏洞 — MT2718, MT2735, MT6739, MT6761, MT6765, MT6768, MT6781, MT6789, MT6835, MT6853, MT6855, MT6877, MT6878, MT6879, MT6880, MT6883, MT6885, MT6886, MT6889, MT6890, MT6893, MT6895, MT6897, MT6899, MT6980D, MT6983, MT6985, MT6989, MT6990, MT6991, MT8169, MT8186, MT8188, MT8676, MT8678, MT8696, MT8775, MT8792, MT8796 6.7AIMediumAI2025-09-01
CVE-2025-9478 Google Chrome 资源管理错误漏洞 — Chrome 8.8 -2025-08-26
CVE-2025-9394 PoDoFo PDF Dictionary PdfTokenizer.cpp DetermineDataType use after free — PoDoFo 5.3 Medium2025-08-24
CVE-2025-9386 appneta tcpreplay tcprewrite get.c get_l2len_protocol use after free — tcpreplay 5.3 Medium2025-08-24
CVE-2025-9385 appneta tcpreplay tcprewrite edit_packet.c fix_ipv6_checksums use after free — tcpreplay 5.3 Medium2025-08-24
CVE-2025-9157 appneta tcpreplay tcprewrite edit_packet.c untrunc_packet use after free — tcpreplay 5.3 Medium2025-08-19
CVE-2025-9020 PX4 PX4-Autopilot Mavlink Shell Closing mavlink_receiver.cpp handle_message_serial_control use after free — PX4-Autopilot 4.5 Medium2025-08-15
CVE-2025-8882 Google Chrome 资源管理错误漏洞 — Chrome 8.8AIHighAI2025-08-13
CVE-2025-54230 Adobe Framemaker | Use After Free (CWE-416) — Adobe Framemaker 7.8 High2025-08-12
CVE-2025-54231 Adobe Framemaker | Use After Free (CWE-416) — Adobe Framemaker 7.8 High2025-08-12
CVE-2025-54232 Adobe Framemaker | Use After Free (CWE-416) — Adobe Framemaker 7.8 High2025-08-12
CVE-2025-54229 Adobe Framemaker | Use After Free (CWE-416) — Adobe Framemaker 7.8 High2025-08-12
CVE-2025-54223 InCopy | Use After Free (CWE-416) — InCopy 7.8 High2025-08-12
CVE-2025-54224 InDesign Desktop | Use After Free (CWE-416) — InDesign Desktop 7.8 High2025-08-12
CVE-2025-54225 InDesign Desktop | Use After Free (CWE-416) — InDesign Desktop 7.8 High2025-08-12
CVE-2025-54226 InDesign Desktop | Use After Free (CWE-416) — InDesign Desktop 7.8 High2025-08-12
CVE-2025-49562 Animate | Use After Free (CWE-416) — Animate 5.5 Medium2025-08-12
CVE-2025-49561 Animate | Use After Free (CWE-416) — Animate 7.8 High2025-08-12
CVE-2025-53784 Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 8.4 High2025-08-12
CVE-2025-53740 Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 8.4 High2025-08-12

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.