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CWE-416 (释放后使用) — Vulnerability Class 2495

2495 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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.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-2023-34294 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
CVE-2023-32134 Sante DICOM Viewer Pro DCM File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — DICOM Viewer Pro 7.8 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-32135 Sante DICOM Viewer Pro DCM File Parsing Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability — DICOM Viewer Pro 5.5 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-27366 Foxit PDF Reader Doc Object Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — PDF Reader 7.8 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-27348 PDF-XChange Editor TIF File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — PDF-XChange Editor 7.8 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-27338 PDF-XChange Editor TIF File Parsing Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability — PDF-XChange Editor 5.5 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-27331 Foxit PDF Reader Annotation Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — PDF Reader 7.8 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-27330 Foxit PDF Reader XFA Annotation Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — PDF Reader 7.8 -2024-05-03
CVE-2023-27329 Foxit PDF Reader Annotation Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — PDF Reader 7.8 -2024-05-03
CVE-2024-30302 ZDI-CAN-23077: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC AcroForm Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability — Acrobat Reader 5.5 Medium2024-05-02
CVE-2024-30301 ZDI-CAN-23042: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC AcroForm Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Acrobat Reader 7.8 High2024-05-02
CVE-2024-30303 ZDI-CAN-23044: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC AcroForm Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Acrobat Reader 7.8 High2024-05-02
CVE-2024-30305 ZDI-CAN-23043: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC AcroForm Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Acrobat Reader 7.8 High2024-05-02
CVE-2024-30304 ZDI-CAN-23040: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Annotation Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Acrobat Reader 7.8 High2024-05-02
CVE-2023-49606 Tinyproxy 资源管理错误漏洞 — Tinyproxy 9.8 Critical2024-05-01
CVE-2024-25938 Foxit Reader 资源管理错误漏洞 — Foxit Reader 8.8 High2024-04-30
CVE-2024-25648 Foxit Reader 资源管理错误漏洞 — Foxit Reader 8.8 High2024-04-30
CVE-2024-1065 Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU memory processing operations — Bifrost GPU Kernel Driver 7.8 -2024-04-19
CVE-2024-0671 Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU memory processing operations — Midgard GPU Kernel Driver 7.8 -2024-04-19
CVE-2024-30378 Junos OS: MX Series: bbe-smgd process crash upon execution of specific CLI commands — Junos OS 5.5 Medium2024-04-16
CVE-2024-30386 Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: In a EVPN-VXLAN scenario state changes on adjacent systems can cause an l2ald process crash — Junos OS 5.3 Medium2024-04-12
CVE-2024-26230 Windows Telephony Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1809 7.8 High2024-04-09
CVE-2024-26237 Windows Defender Credential Guard Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1809 7.8 High2024-04-09
CVE-2024-26241 Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1809 7.8 High2024-04-09
CVE-2024-26231 Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows Server 2019 7.2 High2024-04-09
CVE-2024-26233 Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows Server 2019 7.2 High2024-04-09
CVE-2024-26227 Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows Server 2019 7.2 High2024-04-09
CVE-2024-26223 Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows Server 2019 7.2 High2024-04-09

Vulnerabilities classified as CWE-416 (释放后使用) represent 2495 CVEs. The CWE taxonomy describes the weakness; review individual CVEs for product-specific impact.