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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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.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-2023-22235 Adobe InCopy SVG file Use After Free Arbitrary code execution — InCopy 7.8 High2023-04-12
CVE-2023-26384 ZDI-CAN-20279: Adobe Substance 3D Stager USD File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Substance3D - Stager 7.8 High2023-04-12
CVE-2023-26392 ZDI-CAN-20235: Adobe Substance 3D Stager USD File Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Substance3D - Stager 7.8 High2023-04-12
CVE-2023-26417 ZDI-CAN-20583: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC Popup Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Acrobat Reader 7.8 High2023-04-12
CVE-2023-26418 ZDI-CAN-20311: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC AcroForm exportAsFDFStr Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Acrobat Reader 7.8 High2023-04-12
CVE-2023-26419 ZDI-CAN-20274: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC AcroForm removeField Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Acrobat Reader 7.8 High2023-04-12
CVE-2023-26420 ZDI-CAN-20227: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC AcroForm addField Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Acrobat Reader 7.8 High2023-04-12
CVE-2023-26422 ZDI-CAN-20176: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC AcroForm deleteItemAt Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Acrobat Reader 7.8 High2023-04-12
CVE-2023-26423 ZDI-CAN-20160: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC AcroForm insertItemAt Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Acrobat Reader 7.8 High2023-04-12
CVE-2023-26424 ZDI-CAN-19833: Adobe Acrobat Reader DC PDF Parsing Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Acrobat Reader 7.8 High2023-04-12
CVE-2023-28308 Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows Server 2019 6.6 Medium2023-04-11
CVE-2023-28306 Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows Server 2019 6.6 Medium2023-04-11
CVE-2023-28307 Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows Server 2019 6.6 Medium2023-04-11
CVE-2023-28223 Windows Domain Name Service Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows Server 2019 6.6 Medium2023-04-11
CVE-2023-24925 Microsoft PostScript and PCL6 Class Printer Driver Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1809 8.8 High2023-04-11
CVE-2023-28305 Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Windows Server 2019 6.6 Medium2023-04-11
CVE-2023-28297 Windows Remote Procedure Call Service (RPCSS) Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 10 Version 1809 8.8 High2023-04-11
CVE-2023-28285 Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac 7.8 High2023-04-11
CVE-2023-24914 Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 11 version 22H2 7.0 High2023-04-11
CVE-2022-43716 Siemens SIMATIC CP443-1 OPC UA9 资源管理错误漏洞 — SIMATIC CP 1242-7 V2 7.5 High2023-04-11
CVE-2023-1989 Linux kernel 资源管理错误漏洞 — Kernel 7.0 -2023-04-11
CVE-2022-43664 JustSystems Ichitaro 资源管理错误漏洞 — Ichitaro 7.8 High2023-04-05
CVE-2023-1838 Linux kernel 资源管理错误漏洞 — Kernel 7.1 -2023-04-05
CVE-2023-1855 Linux kernel 资源管理错误漏洞 — Kernel 6.3 -2023-04-05
CVE-2022-33298 Use after free in Modem — Snapdragon 6.7 Medium2023-04-04
CVE-2023-1611 Linux kernel 资源管理错误漏洞 — Kernel 7.1 -2023-04-03
CVE-2023-1393 X.org Server 资源管理错误漏洞 — xorg-server 7.8 -2023-03-30
CVE-2023-1670 Linux kernel 资源管理错误漏洞 — Kernel 7.8 -2023-03-30
CVE-2022-37381 Foxit PDF Reader 资源管理错误漏洞 — PDF Reader 7.8 -2023-03-29
CVE-2022-28303 Bentley Systems Bentley View 资源管理错误漏洞 — View 7.8 -2023-03-29

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.