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CWE-416 (释放后使用) — Vulnerability Class 2503

2503 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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.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-2023-3159 Linux kernel 资源管理错误漏洞 — Kernel 6.7 -2023-06-12
CVE-2023-3141 Linux kernel 资源管理错误漏洞 — Kernel 7.1 -2023-06-09
CVE-2023-30576 Apache Guacamole: Use-after-free in handling of RDP audio input buffer — Apache Guacamole 6.8 Medium2023-06-07
CVE-2023-28653 Horner Automation Cscape 资源管理错误漏洞 — Cscape 7.8 High2023-06-06
CVE-2022-33263 Use after free in Core — Snapdragon 6.7 Medium2023-06-06
CVE-2023-3111 Linux kernel 资源管理错误漏洞 — Kernel 7.8 -2023-06-05
CVE-2023-2985 Linux kernel 资源管理错误漏洞 — Kernel 5.5 -2023-06-01
CVE-2023-2598 Linux kernel 缓冲区错误漏洞 — Kernel 7.8 -2023-06-01
CVE-2023-28319 libcurl 资源管理错误漏洞 — https://github.com/curl/curl 7.5 -2023-05-26
CVE-2023-1195 Linux kernel 资源管理错误漏洞 — Kernel 7.8 -2023-05-18
CVE-2023-1859 Xen 资源管理错误漏洞 — Kernel 6.3 -2023-05-17
CVE-2023-2203 WebKitGTK 资源管理错误漏洞 — WebKitGTK 9.8 -2023-05-17
CVE-2023-29325 Windows OLE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1809 8.1 High2023-05-09
CVE-2023-29336 Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1507 7.8 High2023-05-09
CVE-2023-24953 Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft Office 2019 7.8 High2023-05-09
CVE-2023-24947 Windows Bluetooth Driver Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1809 8.8 High2023-05-09
CVE-2023-2513 Linux kernel 资源管理错误漏洞 — Linux kernel ext4 filesystem 6.7 -2023-05-08
CVE-2022-33292 Use after free in Qualcomm IPC — Snapdragon 7.8 High2023-05-02
CVE-2023-2235 Use-after-free in Linux kernel's Performance Events subsystem — Linux Kernel 7.8 High2023-05-01
CVE-2023-2236 Use-after-free in Linux kernel's Performance Events subsystem — Linux Kernel 7.8 High2023-05-01
CVE-2023-30549 Unpatched extfs vulnerabilities are exploitable through suid-mode Apptainer — apptainer 7.1 High2023-04-25
CVE-2023-27352 Sonos One Speaker 资源管理错误漏洞 — One Speaker 8.8 -2023-04-20
CVE-2023-2162 Linux kernel 资源管理错误漏洞 — Kernel 4.7 -2023-04-19
CVE-2023-28980 Junos OS and Junos OS Evolved: In a BGP rib sharding scenario an rpd crash will happen shortly after a specific CLI command is issued — Junos OS 5.5 Medium2023-04-17
CVE-2023-26410 ZDI-CAN-20309: Adobe Substance 3D Designer USD File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Substance3D - Designer 7.8 High2023-04-13
CVE-2023-26414 ZDI-CAN-20316: Adobe Substance 3D Designer USD File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Substance3D - Designer 7.8 High2023-04-13
CVE-2023-1872 Use-after-free in Linux kernel's io_uring subsystem — Linux Kernel 7.8 High2023-04-12
CVE-2023-1829 Use-after-free in tcindex (traffic control index filter) in the Linux Kernel — Linux Kernel 7.8 High2023-04-12
CVE-2023-1990 Linux kernel 资源管理错误漏洞 — Linux 4.7 -2023-04-12
CVE-2023-22235 Adobe InCopy SVG file Use After Free Arbitrary code execution — InCopy 7.8 High2023-04-12

Vulnerabilities classified as CWE-416 (释放后使用) represent 2503 CVEs. The CWE taxonomy describes the weakness; review individual CVEs for product-specific impact.