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CWE-416 (释放后使用) — Vulnerability Class 2492

2492 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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.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-2023-42093 Foxit PDF Reader Annotation Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability — PDF Reader 5.5 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-42092 Foxit PDF Reader Doc Object Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — PDF Reader 7.8 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-42091 Foxit PDF Reader XFA Doc Object Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — PDF Reader 7.8 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-42089 Foxit PDF Reader templates Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability — PDF Reader 5.5 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-42086 PDF-XChange Editor EMF File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — PDF-XChange Editor 7.8 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-42082 PDF-XChange Editor JPG File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — PDF-XChange Editor 7.8 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-42080 PDF-XChange Editor EMF File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — PDF-XChange Editor 7.8 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-42075 PDF-XChange Editor JPG File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — PDF-XChange Editor 7.8 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-42059 PDF-XChange Editor U3D File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — PDF-XChange Editor 7.8 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-42050 PDF-XChange Editor EMF File Parsing Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability — PDF-XChange Editor 5.5 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-42040 PDF-XChange Editor mailForm Use-After-Free Code Execution Vulnerability — PDF-XChange Editor 7.8 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-42041 PDF-XChange Editor Annotation Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — PDF-XChange Editor 7.8 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-40491 Maxon Cinema 4D SKP File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Cinema 4D 7.8 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-40489 Maxon Cinema 4D SKP File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Cinema 4D 7.8 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-40488 Maxon Cinema 4D SKP File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Cinema 4D 7.8 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-40487 Maxon Cinema 4D SKP File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Cinema 4D 7.8 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-39491 PDF-XChange Editor TIF File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — PDF-XChange Editor 7.8 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-39488 PDF-XChange Editor TIF File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — PDF-XChange Editor 7.8 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-38117 Foxit PDF Reader AcroForm Doc Object Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — PDF Reader 7.8 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-38114 Foxit PDF Reader AcroForm Doc Object Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — PDF Reader 7.8 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-38113 Foxit PDF Reader Annotation Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability — PDF Reader 5.5 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-38112 Foxit PDF Reader XFA Annotation Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — PDF Reader 7.8 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-38111 Foxit PDF Reader Annotation Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — PDF Reader 7.8 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-38107 Foxit PDF Reader Annotation Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — PDF Reader 7.8 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-38078 Kofax Power PDF U3D File Parsing Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability — Power PDF 5.5 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-37355 Kofax Power PDF JPG File Parsing Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability — Power PDF 5.5 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-35734 Sante DICOM Viewer Pro DCM File Parsing Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability — DICOM Viewer Pro 5.5 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-34294 Sante DICOM Viewer Pro DCM File Parsing Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability — DICOM Viewer Pro 5.5 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-32174 Unified Automation UaGateway NodeManagerOpcUa Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — UaGateway 7.5 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-32172 Unified Automation UaGateway OPC UA Server Use-After-Free Denial-of-Service Vulnerability — UaGateway 6.5 -2024-05-03

Vulnerabilities classified as CWE-416 (释放后使用) represent 2492 CVEs. The CWE taxonomy describes the weakness; review individual CVEs for product-specific impact.