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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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.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-2025-6119 Open Asset Import Library Assimp BVHLoader.cpp ReadNodeChannels use after free — Assimp 5.3 Medium2025-06-16
CVE-2025-5991 Use after free in QHttp2ProtocolHandler — Qt 8.1AIHighAI2025-06-11
CVE-2025-5958 Google Chrome 资源管理错误漏洞 — Chrome 8.8AIHighAI2025-06-11
CVE-2025-43573 Acrobat Reader | Use After Free (CWE-416) — Acrobat Reader 7.8 High2025-06-10
CVE-2025-43550 Acrobat Reader | Use After Free (CWE-416) — Acrobat Reader 7.8 High2025-06-10
CVE-2025-43577 Acrobat Reader | Use After Free (CWE-416) — Acrobat Reader 7.8 High2025-06-10
CVE-2025-43574 Acrobat Reader | Use After Free (CWE-416) — Acrobat Reader 7.8 High2025-06-10
CVE-2025-43576 Acrobat Reader | Use After Free (CWE-416) — Acrobat Reader 7.8 High2025-06-10
CVE-2025-47175 Microsoft PowerPoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 7.8 High2025-06-10
CVE-2025-47170 Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 7.8 High2025-06-10
CVE-2025-47168 Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 7.8 High2025-06-10
CVE-2025-47165 Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 7.8 High2025-06-10
CVE-2025-47164 Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 8.4 High2025-06-10
CVE-2025-33071 Windows KDC Proxy Service (KPSSVC) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows Server 2012 8.1 High2025-06-10
CVE-2025-32710 Windows Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 8.1 High2025-06-10
CVE-2025-32712 Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1507 7.8 High2025-06-10
CVE-2025-47957 Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 8.4 High2025-06-10
CVE-2025-43589 InDesign Desktop | Use After Free (CWE-416) — InDesign Desktop 7.8 High2025-06-10
CVE-2025-47106 InDesign Desktop | Use After Free (CWE-416) — InDesign Desktop 5.5 Medium2025-06-10
CVE-2025-5644 Radare2 radiff2 cons.c r_cons_flush use after free — Radare2 2.5 Low2025-06-05
CVE-2025-27038 Use After Free in Graphics — Snapdragon 7.5 High2025-06-03
CVE-2025-27031 Use After Free in Bluetooth HOST — Snapdragon 7.8 High2025-06-03
CVE-2024-53015 Use After Free in Computer Vision — Snapdragon 6.6 Medium2025-06-03
CVE-2025-5068 Google Chrome 安全漏洞 — Chrome 8.8AIHighAI2025-06-02
CVE-2025-5036 RFA File Parsing Use-After-Free Vulnerability — Revit 7.8 High2025-06-02
CVE-2025-0819 Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows access to already freed memory — Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver 7.8AIHighAI2025-06-02
CVE-2025-0073 Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU memory processing operations — Valhall GPU Kernel Driver 7.8AIHighAI2025-06-02
CVE-2023-26226 A use after free memory corruption issue exists in Yandex Browser for Desktop prior to version 24.4.0.682 — Browser 9.8AICriticalAI2025-05-30
CVE-2025-5283 Google Chrome 资源管理错误漏洞 — Chrome 8.8AIHighAI2025-05-27
CVE-2025-5063 Google Chrome 安全漏洞 — Chrome 8.8AIHighAI2025-05-27

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.