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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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.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-2024-52568 Siemens Tecnomatix Plant Simulation 资源管理错误漏洞 — Teamcenter Visualization V14.2 7.8 High2024-11-18
CVE-2023-4679 Use After Free in gpac/gpac — gpac/gpac 5.5AIMediumAI2024-11-15
CVE-2023-4134 Kernel: cyttsp4_core: use-after-free in cyttsp4_watchdog_work() 5.5 Medium2024-11-14
CVE-2024-4741 Use After Free with SSL_free_buffers — OpenSSL 9.8 -2024-11-13
CVE-2024-11112 Google Chrome 安全漏洞 — Chrome 8.8AIHighAI2024-11-12
CVE-2024-11113 Google Chrome 安全漏洞 — Chrome 8.8AIHighAI2024-11-12
CVE-2024-49032 Microsoft Office Graphics Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2024 7.8 High2024-11-12
CVE-2024-49027 Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft Office 2019 7.8 High2024-11-12
CVE-2024-49021 Microsoft SQL Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft SQL Server 2017 (GDR) 7.8 High2024-11-12
CVE-2024-49016 SQL Server Native Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft SQL Server 2017 (GDR) 8.8 High2024-11-12
CVE-2024-49003 SQL Server Native Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft SQL Server 2019 (CU 29) 8.8 High2024-11-12
CVE-2024-43642 Windows SMB Denial of Service Vulnerability — Windows Server 2025 7.5 High2024-11-12
CVE-2024-43459 SQL Server Native Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft SQL Server 2017 (GDR) 8.8 High2024-11-12
CVE-2024-43625 Microsoft Windows VMSwitch Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows Server 2022 8.1 High2024-11-12
CVE-2024-49526 Animate | Use After Free (CWE-416) — Animate 7.8 High2024-11-12
CVE-2024-9420 Ivanti Connect Secure 安全漏洞 — Connect Secure 8.8AIHighAI2024-11-12
CVE-2024-10827 Google Chrome 安全漏洞 — Chrome 8.8AIHighAI2024-11-06
CVE-2024-10826 Google Chrome 安全漏洞 — Chrome 8.8AIHighAI2024-11-06
CVE-2024-38424 Use After Free in GPS — Snapdragon 7.8 High2024-11-04
CVE-2024-38421 Use After Free in Graphics Linux — Snapdragon 7.8 High2024-11-04
CVE-2024-38419 Use After Free in Automotive GPU — Snapdragon 7.8 High2024-11-04
CVE-2024-38415 Use After Free in Computer Vision — Snapdragon 7.8 High2024-11-04
CVE-2024-33068 Use After Free in WLAN Host Communication — Snapdragon 7.5 High2024-11-04
CVE-2024-33033 Use After Free in ComputerVision — Snapdragon 6.7 Medium2024-11-04
CVE-2024-33029 Use After Free in DSP Services — Snapdragon 6.7 Medium2024-11-04
CVE-2024-10488 Google Chrome 安全漏洞 — Chrome 8.8AIHighAI2024-10-29
CVE-2024-9826 Autodesk AutoCAD ACTranslators 3DM File Parsing Use-After-Free Code Execution Vulnerability — AutoCAD 7.8 High2024-10-29
CVE-2024-8595 Autodesk AutoCAD MODEL File Parsing Use-After-Free Code Execution Vulnerability — AutoCAD 7.8 High2024-10-29
CVE-2024-8590 Autodesk AutoCAD 3DM File Parsing Use-After-Free Code Execution Vulnerability — AutoCAD 7.8 High2024-10-29
CVE-2024-6519 Qemu: scsi: lsi53c895a: use-after-free local privilege escalation vulnerability 8.2 High2024-10-21

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.