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CWE-416 (释放后使用) — Vulnerability Class 2507

2507 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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.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-2023-37578 GTKWave 资源管理错误漏洞 — GTKWave 7.8 High2024-01-08
CVE-2023-37573 GTKWave 资源管理错误漏洞 — GTKWave 7.8 High2024-01-08
CVE-2023-37574 GTKWave 资源管理错误漏洞 — GTKWave 7.8 High2024-01-08
CVE-2023-37575 GTKWave 资源管理错误漏洞 — GTKWave 7.8 High2024-01-08
CVE-2023-5091 Mali GPU Kernel Driver allows improper GPU processing operations — Valhall GPU Kernel Driver 7.8AIHighAI2024-01-08
CVE-2023-6270 Kernel: aoe: improper reference count leads to use-after-free vulnerability — Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 7.0 High2024-01-04
CVE-2024-0217 Packagekitd: use-after-free in idle function callback 3.3 Low2024-01-03
CVE-2024-0193 Kernel: netfilter: use-after-free in nft_trans_gc_catchall_sync leads to privilege escalation 7.8 High2024-01-02
CVE-2023-49142 multimedia audio has a UAF vulnerability — OpenHarmony 4.0 Medium2024-01-02
CVE-2023-49135 multimedia player has a UAF vulnerability — OpenHarmony 4.0 Medium2024-01-02
CVE-2023-48360 multimedia player has a UAF vulnerability — OpenHarmony 4.0 Medium2024-01-02
CVE-2023-47857 multimedia camera has a UAF vulnerability — OpenHarmony 4.0 Medium2024-01-02
CVE-2023-43514 Use After Free in DSP Services — Snapdragon 8.4 High2024-01-02
CVE-2023-33120 Use After Free in Audio — Snapdragon 7.8 High2024-01-02
CVE-2023-33118 Use After Free in Automotive Audio — Snapdragon 7.8 High2024-01-02
CVE-2023-33117 Use After Free in Audio — Snapdragon 7.8 High2024-01-02
CVE-2023-33114 Use after free in Neural Processing Unit — Snapdragon 8.4 High2024-01-02
CVE-2023-33108 Use After Free in Graphics — Snapdragon 8.4 High2024-01-02
CVE-2023-33094 Use After Free in Linux Graphics — Snapdragon 8.4 High2024-01-02
CVE-2023-7152 MicroPython modselect.c poll_set_add_fd use after free — MicroPython 5.5 Medium2023-12-29
CVE-2023-6932 Use-after-free in Linux kernel's ipv4: igmp component — Kernel 7.8 High2023-12-19
CVE-2023-6817 Use-after-free in Linux kernel's netfilter: nf_tables component — Kernel 7.8 High2023-12-18
CVE-2023-48633 ZDI-CAN-22173: Adobe After Effects AEP File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — After Effects 7.8 High2023-12-13
CVE-2023-47075 ZDI-CAN-22006: Adobe Illustrator JP2 File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Illustrator 7.8 High2023-12-13
CVE-2023-35628 Windows MSHTML Platform Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows 11 Version 23H2 8.1 High2023-12-12
CVE-2023-46156 Siemens SIMATIC 资源管理错误漏洞 — SIMATIC Drive Controller CPU 1504D TF 7.5 High2023-12-12
CVE-2023-35618 Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) 9.6 Critical2023-12-07
CVE-2023-33063 Use After Free in DSP Services — Snapdragon 7.8 High2023-12-05
CVE-2023-22668 Use After Free in Audio — Snapdragon 6.7 Medium2023-12-05
CVE-2023-22383 Use After Free in Camera — Snapdragon 6.7 Medium2023-12-05

Vulnerabilities classified as CWE-416 (释放后使用) represent 2507 CVEs. The CWE taxonomy describes the weakness; review individual CVEs for product-specific impact.