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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.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
6,545 results · Feed
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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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Medium 4.0
CUPS has a use-after-free in `cupsdDeleteTemporaryPrinters` via dangling subscription pointer
OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. In versions 2.4.16 and prior, a use-after-free vulnerability exists in the CUPS scheduler (cupsd) when temporary printers are automatically deleted. cupsdDele…
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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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Low 2.3
Electron has a use-after-free in offscreen shared texture release() callback
Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. From 33.0.0-alpha.1 to before 39.8.5, 40.8.5, 41.1.0, and 42.0.0-alpha.5, apps that use offscreen rendering with GPU shared textures may be vulnerable to a…
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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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Medium 6.5
Use After Free in Camera Driver
Memory Corruption when accessing freed memory due to concurrent fence deregistration and signal handling.
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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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Medium 5.8
Electron: Use-after-free in download save dialog callback
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 allow downloads and programmatically destroy sessions may be vulnerable to a use-aft…
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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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Critical 9.8
ksmbd: fix use-after-free of share_conf in compound request
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix use-after-free of share_conf in compound request smb2_get_ksmbd_tcon() reuses work->tcon in compound requests without validating tcon->t_state. ksmbd_tree_conn_lookup() checks t_st…
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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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Critical 9.6
Use after free in Navigation in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the…
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Critical 9.6
Use after free in Compositing in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised th…
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Critical 9.6
Use after free in WebView in Google Chrome on Android prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker who had comprom…
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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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Medium 6.3
Use after free in CSS 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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Medium 5.5
Use after free of view cache in Foxit PDF Editor/Reader
The application does not properly validate the lifetime and validity of internal view cache pointers after JavaScript changes the document zoom and page state. When a script modifies the zoom property and then triggers a page change, the original view object …
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Medium 4.8
Use after free when parsing EDNS options in Lua
An attacker might be able to trigger a use-after-free by sending crafted DNS queries to a DNSdist using the DNSQuestion:getEDNSOptions method in custom Lua code. In some cases DNSQuestion:getEDNSOptions might refer to a version of the DNS packet that has been…
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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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Medium 6.5
Multiple implicit reads in parallel can result in a crash or denial of service
Use after free vulnerability in Softing smartLink HW-DP or smartLink HW-PN webserver allows HTTP DoS. This issue affects: smartLink HW-DP: through 1.31 smartLink HW-PN: before 1.02.
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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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Medium 5.5
EVerest: ISO15118 session_setup use-after-free can crash EVSE process
EVerest is an EV charging software stack. Prior to version 2026.02.0, ISO15118_chargerImpl::handle_session_setup uses v2g_ctx after it has been freed when ISO15118 initialization fails (e.g., no IPv6 link-local address). The EVSE process can be crashed remote…
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Medium 5.3
EVerest has use-after-free in auth timeout timer via race condition
EVerest is an EV charging software stack. Versions prior to 2026.02.0 have a data race leading to use-after-free. This is triggered by EV plug-in/unplug and RFID/RemoteStart/OCPP authorization events (or delayed authorization response). Version 2026.2.0 conta…