Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Allowed

Use After Free

Abstraction: Variant · Status: Stable

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 Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.

11157 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

GHSA-MJPW-8R5P-RMGP

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-14 18:32 – Updated: 2026-07-14 18:32
VLAI
Details

Use after free in Windows Win32K allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-58632"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-416"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-07-14T18:18:45Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Use after free in Windows Win32K allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.",
  "id": "GHSA-mjpw-8r5p-rmgp",
  "modified": "2026-07-14T18:32:42Z",
  "published": "2026-07-14T18:32:42Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-58632"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-58632"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-MJVF-V49W-4RWJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-08-13 00:00 – Updated: 2022-08-16 00:00
VLAI
Details

Use after free in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 104.0.5112.79 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via specific UI interactions.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-2617"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-416"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-08-12T20:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Use after free in Extensions API in Google Chrome prior to 104.0.5112.79 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via specific UI interactions.",
  "id": "GHSA-mjvf-v49w-4rwj",
  "modified": "2022-08-16T00:00:24Z",
  "published": "2022-08-13T00:00:25Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2617"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/08/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://crbug.com/1292451"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T4NMJURTG5RO3TGD7ZMIQ6Z4ZZ3SAVYE"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-35"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-MJWR-V9J5-22PX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-12 00:00 – Updated: 2022-05-12 00:00
VLAI
Details

Acrobat Reader DC version 22.001.2011x (and earlier), 20.005.3033x (and earlier) and 17.012.3022x (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 malicious file.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-28240"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-416"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-05-11T18:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Acrobat Reader DC version 22.001.2011x (and earlier), 20.005.3033x (and earlier) and 17.012.3022x (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 malicious file.",
  "id": "GHSA-mjwr-v9j5-22px",
  "modified": "2022-05-12T00:00:47Z",
  "published": "2022-05-12T00:00:47Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28240"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb22-16.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-MM39-X96Q-96J9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-09 00:31 – Updated: 2026-07-09 12:30
VLAI
Details

Use after free in InterestGroups in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.115 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-15133"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-416"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-07-08T23:16:54Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Use after free in InterestGroups in Google Chrome prior to 150.0.7871.115 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)",
  "id": "GHSA-mm39-x96q-96j9",
  "modified": "2026-07-09T12:30:27Z",
  "published": "2026-07-09T00:31:18Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15133"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/07/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_01162222768.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://issues.chromium.org/issues/527406824"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-MM44-Q4Q5-7MG9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-30 21:30 – Updated: 2025-10-30 21:30
VLAI
Details

Kitware VTK (Visualization Toolkit) 9.5.0 is vulnerable to Heap Use-After-Free in vtkGLTFImporter::ImportActors. When processing GLTF files with invalid scene node references, the application accesses string members of mesh objects that have been previously freed during actor import operations.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-57109"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-416"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-10-30T19:16:35Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Kitware VTK (Visualization Toolkit) 9.5.0 is vulnerable to Heap Use-After-Free in vtkGLTFImporter::ImportActors. When processing GLTF files with invalid scene node references, the application accesses string members of mesh objects that have been previously freed during actor import operations.",
  "id": "GHSA-mm44-q4q5-7mg9",
  "modified": "2025-10-30T21:30:46Z",
  "published": "2025-10-30T21:30:46Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-57109"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/issues/19735"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-MM4J-FWQR-3CF4

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-25 09:31 – Updated: 2026-06-28 09:31
VLAI
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: Fix use-after-free in metadata dst teardown

mtk_free_dev() calls metadata_dst_free() which frees the metadata_dst with kfree() immediately, bypassing the RCU grace period. In the RX path, skb_dst_set_noref() sets a non-refcounted pointer from the skb to the metadata_dst. This function requires RCU read-side protection and the dst must remain valid until all RCU readers complete. Since metadata_dst_free() calls kfree() directly, a use-after-free can occur if any skb still holds a noref pointer to the dst when the driver tears it down. Replace metadata_dst_free() with dst_release() which properly goes through the refcount path: when the refcount drops to zero, it schedules the actual free via call_rcu_hurry(), ensuring all RCU readers have completed before the memory is freed.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-53247"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-416"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-06-25T09:16:42Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: Fix use-after-free in metadata dst teardown\n\nmtk_free_dev() calls metadata_dst_free() which frees the metadata_dst\nwith kfree() immediately, bypassing the RCU grace period.\nIn the RX path, skb_dst_set_noref() sets a non-refcounted pointer from\nthe skb to the metadata_dst. This function requires RCU read-side\nprotection and the dst must remain valid until all RCU readers complete.\nSince metadata_dst_free() calls kfree() directly, a use-after-free can\noccur if any skb still holds a noref pointer to the dst when the driver\ntears it down.\nReplace metadata_dst_free() with dst_release() which properly goes\nthrough the refcount path: when the refcount drops to zero, it schedules\nthe actual free via call_rcu_hurry(), ensuring all RCU readers have\ncompleted before the memory is freed.",
  "id": "GHSA-mm4j-fwqr-3cf4",
  "modified": "2026-06-28T09:31:46Z",
  "published": "2026-06-25T09:31:22Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53247"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d86aeb46d5f69c704065a8c69822582787272a1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/459c6f35c58cf0fd5247e55d73ddaa29571d9b7e"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72775977e89c25c99ee84d2c5baa3f86a8ba5cb4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80df409e1a483676826a6c66e693dba6ac507751"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e634408d2b0cd939cfe019398a21fb47b7a8ffe3"
    }
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  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-MM6G-9F9F-2M6Q

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-05 00:31 – Updated: 2026-06-05 18:31
VLAI
Details

Use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-11040"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-416"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-06-04T23:17:08Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Use after free in ANGLE in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.53 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)",
  "id": "GHSA-mm6g-9f9f-2m6q",
  "modified": "2026-06-05T18:31:33Z",
  "published": "2026-06-05T00:31:44Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-11040"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://issues.chromium.org/issues/498371085"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-MMM9-39XR-FCC3

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-24 21:30 – Updated: 2026-06-24 21:30
VLAI
Details

Use after free in Digital Credentials in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 149.0.7827.197 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-13026"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-416"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-06-24T19:17:08Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Use after free in Digital Credentials in Google Chrome on Mac prior to 149.0.7827.197 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)",
  "id": "GHSA-mmm9-39xr-fcc3",
  "modified": "2026-06-24T21:30:43Z",
  "published": "2026-06-24T21:30:43Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-13026"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2026/06/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_0482630350.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://issues.chromium.org/issues/519728279"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-MMMM-6M78-44Q2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-28 15:30 – Updated: 2025-10-29 15:31
VLAI
Details

Starting with Firefox 142, it was possible for a compromised child process to trigger a use-after-free in the GPU or browser process using WebGPU-related IPC calls. This may have been usable to escape the child process sandbox. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 144.0.2.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-12380"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-416"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-10-28T14:15:57Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "Starting with Firefox 142, it was possible for a compromised child process to trigger a use-after-free in the GPU or browser process using WebGPU-related IPC calls. This may have been usable to escape the child process sandbox. This vulnerability affects Firefox \u003c 144.0.2.",
  "id": "GHSA-mmmm-6m78-44q2",
  "modified": "2025-10-29T15:31:53Z",
  "published": "2025-10-28T15:30:43Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12380"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1993113"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2025-86"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

GHSA-MMMP-6QXX-J473

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-29 18:32 – Updated: 2026-09-29 18:32
VLAI
Details

When NetX Secure is built with NX_SECURE_KEY_CLEAR, every TLS record sent on an active session is wiped after it has been handed to TCP. By then the TCP layer owns the packet chain and may already have released it to the packet pool. The wipe therefore writes zeros into packets that are free or in use by another thread, and when a reused packet's pointers no longer describe the old data, the length of the wipe underflows and it runs past the end of the packet pool.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-102760"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-416"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-09-29T18:17:13Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "When NetX Secure is built with `NX_SECURE_KEY_CLEAR`, every TLS record sent on an active session is wiped after it has been handed to TCP. By then the TCP layer owns the packet chain and may already have released it to the packet pool. The wipe therefore writes zeros into packets that are free or in use by another thread, and when a reused packet\u0027s pointers no longer describe the old data, the length of the wipe underflows and it runs past the end of the packet pool.",
  "id": "GHSA-mmmp-6qxx-j473",
  "modified": "2026-09-29T18:32:04Z",
  "published": "2026-09-29T18:32:04Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/eclipse-threadx/netxduo/security/advisories/GHSA-8w5x-ff58-2fr2"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102760"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ]
}

Mitigation
Architecture and Design

Strategy: Language Selection

Choose a language that provides automatic memory management.

Mitigation
Implementation

Strategy: Attack Surface Reduction

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.

No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.