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CWE-825: Expired Pointer Dereference

Base Incomplete

The product dereferences a pointer that contains a location for memory that was previously valid, but is no longer valid.

How to prevent it (2 mitigations)
  1. Architecture and Design

    Choose a language that provides automatic memory management.

  2. 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-825

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  • Critical 9.8

    inet: frags: fix use-after-free caused by the fqdir_pre_exit() flush

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: inet: frags: fix use-after-free caused by the fqdir_pre_exit() flush On netns teardown, fqdir_pre_exit() walks the fqdir rhashtable and flushes every fragment queue that is not yet complete u…

  • Critical 9.8

    ipv6: fix possible UAF in icmpv6_rcv()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: fix possible UAF in icmpv6_rcv() Caching saddr and daddr before pskb_pull() is problematic since skb->head can change. Remove these temporary variables: - We only access &ipv6_hdr(skb)-…

  • Critical 9.8
    CVE-2026-52924 Public exploit

    sctp: purge outqueue on stale COOKIE-ECHO handling

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: purge outqueue on stale COOKIE-ECHO handling sctp_stream_update() is only invoked when the association is moved into COOKIE_WAIT during association setup/reconfiguration. In this path, …

  • Critical 9.8

    Use-after-free in the Graphics: WebGPU component

    Use-after-free in the Graphics: WebGPU component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 152 and Thunderbird 152.

  • Critical 9.8

    smb: client: fix potential UAF and double free in smb2_open_file()

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix potential UAF and double free in smb2_open_file() Zero out @err_iov and @err_buftype before retrying SMB2_open() to prevent an UAF bug if @data != NULL, otherwise a double fr…

  • Critical 9.5

    Use-After-Free in SOAP using Apache map

    In PHP versions 8.2.* before 8.2.31, 8.3.* before 8.3.31, 8.4.* before 8.4.21, and 8.5.* before 8.5.6, the SOAP extension's object deduplication mechanism stores pointers to PHP objects in a global map without incrementing their reference counts. When an apac…

  • Critical 9.1

    Use-after-free in lzma.LZMADecompressor, bz2.BZ2Decompressor, and gzip.GzipFile after re-use under memory pressure

    Use-after-free (UAF) was possible in the `lzma.LZMADecompressor`, `bz2.BZ2Decompressor`, and `gzip.GzipFile` when a memory allocation fails with a `MemoryError` and the decompression instance is re-used. This scenario can be triggered if the process is under …

  • Critical 9.2

    Squid vulnerable to Denial of Service in ICP Request handling

    Squid is a caching proxy for the Web. Prior to version 7.5, due to heap Use-After-Free, Squid is vulnerable to Denial of Service when handling ICP traffic. This problem allows a remote attacker to perform a reliable and repeatable Denial of Service attack aga…

  • Critical 9.8

    Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox ESR 115.34, Firefox ESR 140.9, Thunderbird ESR 140.9, Firefox 149 and Thunderbird 149

    Memory safety bugs present in Firefox ESR 115.33, Firefox ESR 140.8, Thunderbird ESR 140.8, Firefox 148 and Thunderbird 148. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited…

  • Critical 9.8

    Memory safety bugs fixed in Firefox 149 and Thunderbird 149

    Memory safety bugs present in Firefox 148 and Thunderbird 148. Some of these bugs showed evidence of memory corruption and we presume that with enough effort some of these could have been exploited to run arbitrary code. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefo…

  • Critical 9.8

    Use-after-free in the Layout: Text and Fonts component

    Use-after-free in the Layout: Text and Fonts component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 149, Firefox ESR 115.34, Firefox ESR 140.9, Thunderbird 149, and Thunderbird 140.9.

  • Critical 9.8

    Use-after-free in the CSS Parsing and Computation component

    Use-after-free in the CSS Parsing and Computation component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 149, Firefox ESR 115.34, Firefox ESR 140.9, Thunderbird 149, and Thunderbird 140.9.

  • Critical 9.6

    Sandbox escape due to use-after-free in the Disability Access APIs component

    Sandbox escape due to use-after-free in the Disability Access APIs component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 149, Firefox ESR 140.9, Thunderbird 149, and Thunderbird 140.9.

  • Critical 9.1

    Libxml: heap use after free (uaf) leads to denial of service (dos)

    A use-after-free vulnerability was found in libxml2. This issue occurs when parsing XPath elements under certain circumstances when the XML schematron has the <sch:name path="..."/> schema elements. This flaw allows a malicious actor to craft a malicious XML …

  • Critical 9.8

    A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the sopen_FAMOS_read functionality of The Biosig Project libbiosig 2.5.0 and M…

  • Critical 9.1

    Azure RTOS NetX Duo Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

    Azure RTOS NetX Duo is a TCP/IP network stack designed specifically for deeply embedded real-time and IoT applications. An attacker can cause remote code execution due to memory overflow vulnerabilities in Azure RTOS NETX Duo. The affected components include …

  • Critical 9.8

    Azure RTOS NetX Duo Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

    Azure RTOS NetX Duo is a TCP/IP network stack designed specifically for deeply embedded real-time and IoT applications. An attacker can cause remote code execution due to memory overflow vulnerabilities in Azure RTOS NETX Duo. The affected components include …