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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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.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-2024-49023 Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) 5.9 Medium2024-10-17
CVE-2024-3187 Embedthis Software GoAhead 资源管理错误漏洞 — GoAhead 5.9 Medium2024-10-17
CVE-2024-9961 Google Chrome 安全漏洞 — Chrome 8.8 -2024-10-15
CVE-2024-9960 Google Chrome 安全漏洞 — Chrome 8.8 -2024-10-15
CVE-2024-9957 Google Chrome 安全漏洞 — Chrome 8.8 -2024-10-15
CVE-2024-9959 Google Chrome 安全漏洞 — Chrome 8.8 -2024-10-15
CVE-2024-9954 Google Chrome 安全漏洞 — Chrome 8.8 -2024-10-15
CVE-2024-9955 Google Chrome 安全漏洞 — Chrome 8.8 -2024-10-15
CVE-2024-9979 Pyo3: risk of use-after-free in `borrowed` reads from python weak references 5.3 Medium2024-10-15
CVE-2024-43701 GPU DDK - PowerVR: TLB invalidate UAF of dma_buf imported into multiple GPU devices — Graphics DDK 7.8AIHighAI2024-10-14
CVE-2024-45138 Substance3D - Stager | Use After Free (CWE-416) — Substance3D - Stager 7.8 High2024-10-09
CVE-2024-47415 Animate | Use After Free (CWE-416) — Animate 7.8 High2024-10-09
CVE-2024-47413 Animate | Use After Free (CWE-416) — Animate 7.8 High2024-10-09
CVE-2024-47414 Animate | Use After Free (CWE-416) — Animate 7.8 High2024-10-09
CVE-2024-47418 Animate | Use After Free (CWE-416) — Animate 7.8 High2024-10-09
CVE-2024-47412 Animate | Use After Free (CWE-416) — Animate 7.8 High2024-10-09
CVE-2024-45146 Dimension | Use After Free (CWE-416) — Dimension 7.8 High2024-10-09
CVE-2024-43599 Remote Desktop Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1809 8.8 High2024-10-08
CVE-2024-43582 Remote Desktop Protocol Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1809 8.1 High2024-10-08
CVE-2024-43574 Microsoft Speech Application Programming Interface (SAPI) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows Server 2022 8.3 High2024-10-08
CVE-2024-43570 Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 11 Version 24H2 6.4 Medium2024-10-08
CVE-2024-43556 Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1809 7.8 High2024-10-08
CVE-2024-43552 Windows Shell Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows 11 version 22H2 7.3 High2024-10-08
CVE-2024-43509 Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1809 7.8 High2024-10-08
CVE-2024-43535 Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 11 Version 24H2 7.0 High2024-10-08
CVE-2024-43533 Remote Desktop Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Remote Desktop client for Windows Desktop 8.8 High2024-10-08
CVE-2024-43504 Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft Office LTSC 2024 7.8 High2024-10-08
CVE-2024-38229 .NET and Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6 8.1 High2024-10-08
CVE-2024-8422 Schneider Electric Zelio Soft 资源管理错误漏洞 — Zelio Soft 2 7.8 High2024-10-08
CVE-2024-39831 AccessTokenManager has an use after free vulnerability — OpenHarmony 4.4 Medium2024-10-08

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.