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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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.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-2026-33101 Windows Print Spooler Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 11 Version 24H2 7.8 High2026-04-14
CVE-2026-33100 Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1607 7.0 High2026-04-14
CVE-2026-33099 Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1607 7.0 High2026-04-14
CVE-2026-32199 Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 7.8 High2026-04-14
CVE-2026-32200 Microsoft PowerPoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 7.8 High2026-04-14
CVE-2026-32198 Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 7.8 High2026-04-14
CVE-2026-32197 Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 7.8 High2026-04-14
CVE-2026-32190 Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 8.4 High2026-04-14
CVE-2026-32155 Desktop Window Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 21H2 7.8 High2026-04-14
CVE-2026-32153 Windows Speech Runtime Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1809 7.8 High2026-04-14
CVE-2026-32080 Windows WalletService Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows Server 2016 7.0 High2026-04-14
CVE-2026-32078 Windows Projected File System Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1809 7.8 High2026-04-14
CVE-2026-32070 Windows Common Log File System Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1607 7.0 High2026-04-14
CVE-2026-27925 Windows UPnP Device Host Information Disclosure Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1607 6.5 Medium2026-04-14
CVE-2026-27923 Desktop Window Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1607 7.8 High2026-04-14
CVE-2026-27922 Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1607 7.0 High2026-04-14
CVE-2026-27916 Windows UPnP Device Host Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1607 7.8 High2026-04-14
CVE-2026-27909 Windows Search Service Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1607 7.8 High2026-04-14
CVE-2026-26182 Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1607 7.0 High2026-04-14
CVE-2026-26177 Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1607 7.0 High2026-04-14
CVE-2026-23657 Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 7.8 High2026-04-14
CVE-2026-33098 Windows Container Isolation FS Filter Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1607 7.8 High2026-04-14
CVE-2026-33095 Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 7.8 High2026-04-14
CVE-2026-32224 Windows Server Update Service (WSUS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 11 version 26H1 7.0 High2026-04-14
CVE-2026-32189 Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 7.8 High2026-04-14
CVE-2026-32165 Windows User Interface Core Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1809 7.8 High2026-04-14
CVE-2026-32157 Remote Desktop Client Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Remote Desktop client for Windows Desktop 8.8 High2026-04-14
CVE-2026-32156 Windows UPnP Device Host Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1607 7.4 High2026-04-14
CVE-2026-32152 Desktop Window Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 11 version 22H3 7.8 High2026-04-14
CVE-2026-32154 Desktop Window Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1607 7.8 High2026-04-14

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.