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CWE-416 (释放后使用) — Vulnerability Class 3317

3317 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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.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-2026-16851 Vulnerabilities in IBM AIX and PowerVM VIOS — AIX 7.4 High2026-08-19
CVE-2026-58083 Use-after-free in kqueue copy-on-fork — FreeBSD--2026-08-19
CVE-2026-49422 Use-after-free in TCP RACK stack option handler — FreeBSD--2026-08-19
CVE-2026-49418 Use-after-free in device pager page list — FreeBSD--2026-08-19
CVE-2026-76045 Chrome<151.0.7922.169 WebGL UAF漏洞致远程代码执行 — Chrome--2026-08-18
CVE-2026-76040 Chrome < 151.0.7922.169 使用释放后漏洞 — Chrome--2026-08-18
CVE-2026-63639 Valkey: UAF in stream deserialization may lead to remote code execution — valkey 8.8 High2026-08-18
CVE-2026-56684 Valkey: TLS pending-data processing use-after-free may allow remote code execution — valkey 7.5 High2026-08-18
CVE-2026-49306 Huawei HarmonyOS 资源管理错误漏洞 — HarmonyOS 3.3 Low2026-08-17
CVE-2026-12366 Use-after-free freeing an armed dynamically-allocated k_timer in Zephyr userspace object disposal — zephyr 8.8 High2026-08-14
CVE-2026-12365 Use-after-free in Zephyr delayable work-queue cancellation under SMP timing race — zephyr 5.8 Medium2026-08-14
CVE-2026-11937 Security vulnerabilities have been found in IBM Verify Identity Access and IBM Security Verify Access — Security Verify Access 3.1 Low2026-08-12
CVE-2026-19548 Binutils: binutils: multiple use-after-free in add_archive_element via lto plugin processing — Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 5.5 Medium2026-08-12
CVE-2026-19560 Google Chrome 资源管理错误漏洞 — Chrome--2026-08-11
CVE-2026-19559 Google Chrome 资源管理错误漏洞 — Chrome--2026-08-11
CVE-2026-19558 Google Chrome 资源管理错误漏洞 — Chrome--2026-08-11
CVE-2026-19557 Google Chrome 资源管理错误漏洞 — Chrome--2026-08-11
CVE-2026-19556 Google Chrome 资源管理错误漏洞 — Chrome--2026-08-11
CVE-2026-73282 OpenBSD OpenSSH 资源管理错误漏洞 — OpenSSH 4.8 Medium2026-08-11
CVE-2026-18711 Use-After-Free in MongoDB Query Execution Engine Leads to Denial of Service and Potential Memory Disclosure — MongoDB Server 7.1 High2026-08-11
CVE-2026-18700 Use-After-Free in MongoDB Geospatial Validation Leads to Denial of Service — MongoDB Server 6.5 Medium2026-08-11
CVE-2026-18692 Use-After-Free in MongoDB Timeseries Bucket Handling Leads to Denial of Service and Potential Remote Code Execution — MongoDB Server 8.8 High2026-08-11
CVE-2026-18706 Use-After-Free in MongoDB $graphLookup Aggregation Stage Leads to Denial of Service and Potential Remote Code Execution — MongoDB Server 6.6 Medium2026-08-11
CVE-2026-0465 AMD Ryzen Master 资源管理错误漏洞 — AMD Ryzen™ Master 5.6 Medium2026-08-11
CVE-2026-62898 Microsoft QUIC Information Disclosure Vulnerability — .NET 10.0 7.5 High2026-08-11
CVE-2026-65782 Windows Autopilot Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 11 Version 24H2 7.0 High2026-08-11
CVE-2026-65781 Windows Autopilot Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 11 Version 24H2 7.0 High2026-08-11
CVE-2026-65778 Windows Autopilot Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 11 Version 24H2 7.0 High2026-08-11
CVE-2026-65779 Windows Autopilot Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 11 Version 24H2 7.0 High2026-08-11
CVE-2026-65776 Windows Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability — Windows 11 Version 24H2 7.0 High2026-08-11

Vulnerabilities classified as CWE-416 (释放后使用) represent 3317 CVEs. The CWE taxonomy describes the weakness; review individual CVEs for product-specific impact.