Weakness (CWE)
CWE-416: Use After Free
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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.
How to prevent it (2 mitigations)
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Architecture and Design
Choose a language that provides automatic memory management.
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Implementation
When 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.
Source: MITRE CWE-416
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High 8.8
Use after free in Media in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code ins…
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High 8.8
Use after free in Navigation in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary cod…
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High 8.8
Use after free in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code ins…
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High 8.8
Use after free in Media in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code ins…
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High 8.8
Use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside…
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High 8.8
Use after free in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code in…
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High 8.1
Potential Use-after-free in DANE Client Code
Issue summary: An uncommon configuration of clients performing DANE TLSA-based server authentication, when paired with uncommon server DANE TLSA records, may result in a use-after-free and/or double-free on the client side. Impact summary: A use after free ca…
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High 8.7
Apache Kafka Clients: Kafka Producer Message Corruption and Misrouting via Buffer Pool Race Condition
A race condition in the Apache Kafka Java producer client’s buffer pool management can cause messages to be silently delivered to incorrect topics. When a produce batch expires due to delivery.timeout.ms while a network request containing that batch is still …
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High 7.8
Use After Free in DSP Service
Memory Corruption when using deprecated DMABUF IOCTL calls to manage video memory.
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High 8.8
Bluetooth: SCO: Fix use-after-free in sco_recv_frame() due to missing sock_hold
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: SCO: Fix use-after-free in sco_recv_frame() due to missing sock_hold sco_recv_frame() reads conn->sk under sco_conn_lock() but immediately releases the lock without holding a refer…
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High 8.1
Electron: Use-after-free in offscreen child window paint callback
Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 39.8.1, 40.7.0, and 41.0.0, apps that use offscreen rendering and allow child windows via window.open() may be vulnerable to a use-after-…
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High 7.5
Electron: Use-after-free in WebContents fullscreen, pointer-lock, and keyboard-lock permission callbacks
Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.0, 40.7.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8, apps that register an asynchronous session.setPermissionRequestHandler() may be vulnerable to …
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High 7.0
Electron: Use-after-free in PowerMonitor on Windows and macOS
Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8, apps that use the powerMonitor module may be vulnerable to a use-after-free. After the native …
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High 7.8
NFSD: Hold net reference for the lifetime of /proc/fs/nfs/exports fd
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSD: Hold net reference for the lifetime of /proc/fs/nfs/exports fd The /proc/fs/nfs/exports proc entry is created at module init and persists for the module's lifetime. exports_proc_open() …
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High 7.8
spi: fix use-after-free on controller registration failure
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: fix use-after-free on controller registration failure Make sure to deregister from driver core also in the unlikely event that per-cpu statistics allocation fails during controller regis…
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High 8.8
Bluetooth: HIDP: Fix possible UAF
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: HIDP: Fix possible UAF This fixes the following trace caused by not dropping l2cap_conn reference when user->remove callback is called: [ 97.809249] l2cap_conn_free: freeing conn f…
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High 7.8
netfilter: ctnetlink: fix use-after-free in ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ctnetlink: fix use-after-free in ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct() ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct() stores a conntrack pointer in cb->data for the netlink dump callback ctnetlink_exp_ct_dump_table(),…
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High 7.8
igc: fix page fault in XDP TX timestamps handling
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: igc: fix page fault in XDP TX timestamps handling If an XDP application that requested TX timestamping is shutting down while the link of the interface in use is still up the following kernel…
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High 7.8CVE-2026-23415 Public exploit
futex: Fix UaF between futex_key_to_node_opt() and vma_replace_policy()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: futex: Fix UaF between futex_key_to_node_opt() and vma_replace_policy() During futex_key_to_node_opt() execution, vma->vm_policy is read under speculative mmap lock and RCU. Concurrently, mbi…
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High 7.8
clsact: Fix use-after-free in init/destroy rollback asymmetry
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clsact: Fix use-after-free in init/destroy rollback asymmetry Fix a use-after-free in the clsact qdisc upon init/destroy rollback asymmetry. The latter is achieved by first fully initializing…
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High 7.8
netfilter: bpf: defer hook memory release until rcu readers are done
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: bpf: defer hook memory release until rcu readers are done Yiming Qian reports UaF when concurrent process is dumping hooks via nfnetlink_hooks: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in n…
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High 8.1
KVM: x86/mmu: Drop/zap existing present SPTE even when creating an MMIO SPTE
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86/mmu: Drop/zap existing present SPTE even when creating an MMIO SPTE When installing an emulated MMIO SPTE, do so *after* dropping/zapping the existing SPTE (if it's shadow-present). …
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High 8.8
Use after free in PDF in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code insi…
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High 8.8
Use after free in Dawn in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via…
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High 8.8
Use after free in WebGL in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code in…
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High 7.5
Use after free in Dawn in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the rende…
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High 8.8
Use after free in Dawn in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the rende…
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High 8.8
Use after free in WebCodecs in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary cod…
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High 8.8
Use after free in Web MIDI in Google Chrome on Android prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker to execute arb…
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High 7.8
Foxit PDF Editor/Reader List Box Calculate Array Use-After-Free Vulnerability
The application's list box calculate array logic keeps stale references to page or form objects after they are deleted or re-created, which allows crafted documents to trigger a use-after-free when the calculation runs and can potentially lead to arbitrary co…
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High 7.8
Substance3D - Stager | Use After Free (CWE-416)
Substance3D - Stager versions 3.1.7 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a …
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High 7.5
LIBPNG has use-after-free via pointer aliasing in `png_set_tRNS` and `png_set_PLTE`
LIBPNG is a reference library for use in applications that read, create, and manipulate PNG (Portable Network Graphics) raster image files. In versions 1.2.1 through 1.6.55, `png_set_tRNS` and `png_set_PLTE` each alias a heap-allocated buffer between `png_str…
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High 8.7
Squid has Denial of Service in ICP Response handling
Squid is a caching proxy for the Web. Prior to version 7.5, due to premature release of resource during expected lifetime and heap Use-After-Free bugs, Squid is vulnerable to Denial of Service when handling ICP traffic. This problem allows a remote attacker t…
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High 8.5
cryptodev-linux <= 1.14 get_userbuf Use After Free LPE
cryptodev-linux version 1.14 and prior contain a page reference handling flaw in the get_userbuf function of the /dev/crypto device driver that allows local users to trigger use-after-free conditions. Attackers with access to the /dev/crypto interface can rep…
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High 7.8
netfilter: nf_tables: release flowtable after rcu grace period on error
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: release flowtable after rcu grace period on error Call synchronize_rcu() after unregistering the hooks from error path, since a hook that already refers to this flowtabl…
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High 7.8
netfilter: xt_CT: drop pending enqueued packets on template removal
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: xt_CT: drop pending enqueued packets on template removal Templates refer to objects that can go away while packets are sitting in nfqueue refer to: - helper, this can be an issue o…
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High 7.8
netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: split gc into unlink and reclaim phase
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: split gc into unlink and reclaim phase Yiming Qian reports Use-after-free in the pipapo set type: Under a large number of expired elements, commit-time GC can run f…
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High 7.8
wifi: cfg80211: cancel rfkill_block work in wiphy_unregister()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: cancel rfkill_block work in wiphy_unregister() There is a use-after-free error in cfg80211_shutdown_all_interfaces found by syzkaller: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in cfg80211_s…
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High 7.1CVE-2026-20687 Public exploit
A use after free issue was addressed with improved memory management. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.7 and iPadOS 18.7…
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High 7.5
Race condition, use-after-free in the Graphics: WebRender component
Race condition, use-after-free in the Graphics: WebRender component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 149, Firefox ESR 115.34, Firefox ESR 140.9, Thunderbird 149, and Thunderbird 140.9.