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CWE-416 (释放后使用) — Vulnerability Class 2504

2504 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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.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-2024-21334 Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2019 9.8 Critical2024-03-12
CVE-2024-21443 Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1809 7.3 High2024-03-12
CVE-2024-21439 Windows Telephony Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1809 7.0 High2024-03-12
CVE-2024-21426 Microsoft SharePoint Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 7.8 High2024-03-12
CVE-2024-27934 *const c_void / ExternalPointer unsoundness leading to use-after-free — deno 8.4 High2024-03-06
CVE-2024-27308 Mio's tokens for named pipes may be delivered after deregistration — mio 7.5 High2024-03-06
CVE-2023-50716 Invalid DATA_FRAG Submessage causes a bad-free error — Fast-DDS 9.7 Critical2024-03-06
CVE-2024-27929 Use After Free in SixLabors.ImageSharp — ImageSharp 7.1 High2024-03-05
CVE-2024-0155 Dell Digital Delivery 资源管理错误漏洞 — Dell Digital Delivery (D3) 7.0 High2024-03-04
CVE-2023-6241 Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU memory processing operations — Midgard GPU Kernel Driver 7.0AIHighAI2024-03-04
CVE-2023-43552 Use After Free in WLAN Host Communication — Snapdragon 9.8 Critical2024-03-04
CVE-2023-43547 Use After Free in Automotive Multimedia — Snapdragon 8.4 High2024-03-04
CVE-2023-43546 Use After Free in Automotive Multimedia — Snapdragon 8.4 High2024-03-04
CVE-2023-6143 Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU memory processing operations — Midgard GPU Kernel Driver 7.0AIHighAI2024-03-04
CVE-2023-46708 Wlan has a use after free vulnerability — OpenHarmony 4.3 Medium2024-03-04
CVE-2024-20765 ZDI-CAN-22674: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC PDF File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Acrobat Reader 7.8 High2024-02-29
CVE-2024-1847 Multiple vulnerabilities exist in file reading procedure in eDrawings from Release SOLIDWORKS 2023 through Release SOLIDWORKS 2024 — eDrawings 7.8 High2024-02-28
CVE-2024-27284 cassandra-rs non-idiomatic use of iterators leads to use after free — cassandra-rs 7.5 High2024-02-28
CVE-2024-23807 Apache Xerces C++: Use-after-free on external DTD scan — Apache Xerces C++ 7.4 -2024-02-28
CVE-2024-23839 Suricata http: heap use after free with http.request_header and http.response_header keywords — suricata 7.1 High2024-02-26
CVE-2024-23135 Multiple Vulnerabilities in the Autodesk AutoCAD Desktop Software — AutoCAD 7.8 High2024-02-22
CVE-2024-23134 Multiple Vulnerabilities in the Autodesk AutoCAD Desktop Software — AutoCAD 7.8 High2024-02-22
CVE-2024-24794 Imaging Data Commons libdicom 资源管理错误漏洞 — libdicom 8.1 High2024-02-20
CVE-2024-24793 Imaging Data Commons libdicom 资源管理错误漏洞 — libdicom 8.1 High2024-02-20
CVE-2024-20731 TALOS-2023-1901 - Adobe Acrobat Reader FileAttachment PDAnnot destroy use-after-free vulnerability — Acrobat Reader 7.8 High2024-02-15
CVE-2024-20734 ZDI-CAN-22516: Adobe Acrobat Pro DC AcroForm Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability — Acrobat Reader 5.5 Medium2024-02-15
CVE-2024-20729 TALOS-2023-1890 - Adobe Acrobat Reader Annot3D object zoom event use-after-free vulnerability — Acrobat Reader 7.8 High2024-02-15
CVE-2024-24990 NGINX HTTP/3 QUIC vulnerability — NGINX Plus 7.5 High2024-02-14
CVE-2024-21384 Microsoft Office OneNote Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 7.8 High2024-02-13
CVE-2024-21339 Windows USB Generic Parent Driver Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1809 6.4 Medium2024-02-13

Vulnerabilities classified as CWE-416 (释放后使用) represent 2504 CVEs. The CWE taxonomy describes the weakness; review individual CVEs for product-specific impact.