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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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.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-2025-26594 X.org: xwayland: use-after-free of the root cursor 7.8 High2025-02-25
CVE-2025-1006 Google Chrome 资源管理错误漏洞 — Chrome 8.8 -2025-02-19
CVE-2025-0622 Grub2: command/gpg: use-after-free due to hooks not being removed on module unload 6.4 Medium2025-02-18
CVE-2025-26623 Use After Free in Exiv2 — exiv2 8.4 -2025-02-18
CVE-2025-26603 heap-use-after-free in function str_to_reg in vim/vim — vim 4.2 Medium2025-02-18
CVE-2024-56171 libxml2 安全漏洞 — libxml2 7.8 High2025-02-18
CVE-2025-0997 Google Chrome 资源管理错误漏洞 — Chrome 8.8 -2025-02-15
CVE-2025-0995 Google Chrome 资源管理错误漏洞 — Chrome 8.8 -2025-02-15
CVE-2024-12548 Tungsten Automation Power PDF JP2 File Parsing Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability — Power PDF 5.5 -2025-02-11
CVE-2025-0899 PDF-XChange Editor AcroForm Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — PDF-XChange Editor 7.8 -2025-02-11
CVE-2025-21397 Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 7.8 High2025-02-11
CVE-2025-21394 Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 7.8 High2025-02-11
CVE-2025-21392 Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 7.8 High2025-02-11
CVE-2025-21387 Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 7.8 High2025-02-11
CVE-2025-21386 Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 7.8 High2025-02-11
CVE-2025-21367 Windows Win32 Kernel Subsystem Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1809 7.8 High2025-02-11
CVE-2025-21406 Windows Telephony Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1507 8.8 High2025-02-11
CVE-2025-21379 DHCP Client Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows 11 Version 24H2 7.1 High2025-02-11
CVE-2025-21159 Illustrator | Use After Free (CWE-416) — Illustrator 7.8 High2025-02-11
CVE-2025-0304 Liteos_a has an use after free vulnerability — OpenHarmony 8.8 High2025-02-07
CVE-2024-57959 Huawei HarmonyOS 安全漏洞 — HarmonyOS 6.1 Medium2025-02-06
CVE-2025-0445 Google Chrome 资源管理错误漏洞 — Chrome 8.8 -2025-02-04
CVE-2025-0444 Google Chrome 资源管理错误漏洞 — Chrome 8.8 -2025-02-04
CVE-2025-24898 rust openssl ssl::select_next_proto use after free — rust-openssl 7.4 -2025-02-03
CVE-2024-45571 Use After Free in WLAN Host Communication — Snapdragon 7.8 High2025-02-03
CVE-2024-38412 Use After Free in Computer Vision — Snapdragon 6.6 Medium2025-02-03
CVE-2024-38411 Use After Free in Computer Vision — Snapdragon 6.6 Medium2025-02-03
CVE-2025-0015 Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU processing operations — Valhall GPU Kernel Driver 7.8 -2025-02-03
CVE-2024-47899 GPU DDK - PVRSRVDeviceServicesOpen use-after-free condition — Graphics DDK 7.8 -2025-01-31
CVE-2024-47898 GPU DDK - PVRSRVDeviceSyncOpen use-after-free condition — Graphics DDK 7.8 -2025-01-31

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.