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Use After Free

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Use-after-free vulnerabilities occur when a program continues to access memory through a pointer after that memory has been deallocated.

How It Works

Use-after-free vulnerabilities occur when a program continues to access memory through a pointer after that memory has been deallocated. When memory is freed, it returns to the allocator's pool and may be reallocated for an entirely different purpose. The original pointer becomes "dangling"—it still points to that memory location, but the contents are now undefined or controlled by different code.

Attackers exploit this by orchestrating a three-step process: first, trigger the memory deallocation; second, cause the allocator to reassign that same memory region with attacker-controlled data (often through carefully timed allocations); third, trigger the program to dereference the dangling pointer. Because the memory now contains attacker data instead of the expected object, this can corrupt function pointers, vtables, or other critical structures.

The vulnerability is particularly dangerous in object-oriented code where freed objects contain function pointers or virtual method tables. When the program calls a method on the freed object, it may jump to attacker-controlled addresses. Browser engines are frequent targets because DOM manipulation allows attackers to control object allocation and deallocation timing through JavaScript, while kernel UAFs enable privilege escalation by manipulating file descriptors or process structures.

Impact

  • Arbitrary code execution — attacker overwrites function pointers or vtables to redirect program flow to malicious code
  • Privilege escalation — in kernel UAFs, gain root/system privileges by corrupting process credentials or security tokens
  • Information disclosure — read sensitive data from reallocated memory that wasn't properly cleared
  • Sandbox escape — break out of browser or application sandboxes by corrupting security-critical objects
  • Denial of service — crash the application through memory corruption, though attackers typically aim for exploitation rather than simple crashes

Real-World Examples

CVE-2021-30551 affected Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine, where improper handling of JavaScript typed arrays created a use-after-free in object property management. Attackers could trigger object deletion while retaining references, then reallocate the memory with controlled data to achieve code execution within the renderer process.

Windows kernel vulnerabilities like CVE-2020-17087 involved use-after-free conditions in the Windows keyboard layout handling code. Attackers exploited race conditions in keyboard layout switching to free kernel objects while retaining references, then reallocated the memory with controlled structures to elevate privileges from user to SYSTEM level.

The WhatsApp vulnerability CVE-2019-11932 demonstrated UAF exploitation in media parsing code, where specially crafted GIF files triggered premature memory deallocation. Subsequent access to the freed buffers allowed remote code execution without user interaction beyond receiving the malicious file.

Mitigation

  • Memory-safe languages — use Rust, Go, Swift, or other languages with automatic memory management
  • Smart pointers — employ RAII patterns and reference counting (unique_ptr, shared_ptr in C++)
  • AddressSanitizer (ASAN) — detect UAF during testing through instrumented builds
  • Immediate pointer nullification — set pointers to NULL after free() to cause immediate crashes rather than exploitable conditions
  • Garbage collection — languages with GC prevent manual memory management errors
  • Control Flow Integrity (CFI) — limits exploit impact by validating function pointer targets
  • Heap hardening — allocator metadata protection and delayed reuse policies increase exploitation difficulty

Recent CVEs (6141)

EPSS 3% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

Adobe Illustrator version 25.2.3 (and earlier) is affected by an Use-after-free vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free Memory Corruption Information Disclosure +2
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197 (and earlier) are affected by an Use-after-free vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +3
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197 (and earlier) are affected by an Use-after-free vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +3
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197 (and earlier) are affected by an Use-after-free vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +3
NVD
EPSS 52% CVSS 7.3
HIGH This Week

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197 (and earlier) are affected by an Use-after-free vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +3
NVD
EPSS 66% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197 (and earlier) are affected by an Use-after-free vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +3
NVD
EPSS 51% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Acrobat Reader DC versions 2021.005.20054 (and earlier), 2020.004.30005 (and earlier) and 2017.011.30197 (and earlier) are affected by a use-after-free vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +3
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

Adobe Illustrator version 25.2.3 (and earlier) is affected by a Use After Free vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free Denial Of Service Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

A use-after-free vulnerability in media channels could have led to memory corruption and a potentially exploitable crash. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Use After Free Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +4
NVD
EPSS 14% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Node.js before 16.6.1, 14.17.5, and 12.22.5 is vulnerable to a use after free attack where an attacker might be able to exploit the memory corruption, to change process behavior. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Memory Corruption +9
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.6
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.6), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Use After Free Memory Corruption Information Disclosure +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Use After Free Denial Of Service Memory Corruption +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 7% CVSS 7.8
HIGH KEV PATCH THREAT This Week

Windows Event Tracing Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Use After Free Microsoft Memory Corruption +9
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.4
MEDIUM This Month

NVIDIA Linux kernel distributions contain a vulnerability in the kernel crypto node, where use after free may lead to complete denial of service. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.4), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Linux Memory Corruption +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Use after free in some Intel(R) Graphics Driver before version 27.20.100.8336, 15.45.33.5164, and 15.40.47.5166 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Use After Free Denial Of Service Intel +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

OwnTone (aka owntone-server) through 28.1 has a use-after-free in net_bind() in misc.c. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Use After Free Memory Corruption Information Disclosure +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

Live555 through 1.08 does not handle Matroska and Ogg files properly. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Use After Free Denial Of Service Memory Corruption +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

Live555 through 1.08 does not handle MPEG-1 or 2 files properly. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Use After Free Denial Of Service Memory Corruption +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

A vulnerability has been identified in Solid Edge SE2021 (All Versions < SE2021MP7). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Use After Free Memory Corruption Information Disclosure +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

drivers/usb/host/max3421-hcd.c in the Linux kernel before 5.13.6 allows physically proximate attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and panic) by removing a MAX-3421 USB device in. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Use After Free Linux Memory Corruption +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript engine of Foxit Software’s PDF Reader, version 11.0.0.49893. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript engine of Foxit Software’s PDF Reader, version 10.1.4.37651. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +1
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript engine of Foxit Software’s PDF Reader, version 10.1.3.37598. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

A use-after-free vulnerability was found via testing, and traced to an out-of-date Cairo library. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Use After Free Memory Corruption Information Disclosure +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

A malicious webpage could have triggered a use-after-free, memory corruption, and a potentially exploitable crash. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Use After Free Buffer Overflow Memory Corruption +4
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.0.0.49893. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.0.0.49893. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.0.0.49893. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 38% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.0.0.49893. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.0.0.49893. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.0.0.49893. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 63% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.0.0.49893. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.0.0.49893. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.0.0.49893. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.0.0.49893. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.0.0.49893. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 13% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.0.0.49893. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.0.0.49893. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.0.0.49893. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.0.0.49893. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.0.0.49893. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.0.0.49893. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.0.0.49893. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.0.0.49893. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.0.0.49893. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 89% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.0.0.49893. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.0.0.49893. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit Reader 10.1.4.37651. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Use after free in dialog box handling in Windows in Google Chrome prior to 92.0.4515.107 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Google Microsoft Memory Corruption +4
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Use after free in sensor handling in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 92.0.4515.107 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Google Microsoft Memory Corruption +4
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Use after free in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 92.0.4515.107 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Use After Free Denial Of Service Memory Corruption +3
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Use after free in UI framework in Google Chrome prior to 92.0.4515.107 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Use After Free Denial Of Service Memory Corruption +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Use after free in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 92.0.4515.107 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Use After Free Denial Of Service Memory Corruption +3
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Use after free in protocol handling in Google Chrome prior to 92.0.4515.107 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Use After Free Denial Of Service Memory Corruption +3
NVD
EPSS 6% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Use after free in GPU in Google Chrome prior to 92.0.4515.107 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Use After Free Denial Of Service Memory Corruption +3
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Use after free in Autofill in Google Chrome prior to 92.0.4515.107 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Use After Free Denial Of Service Memory Corruption +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Use after free in sqlite in Google Chrome prior to 92.0.4515.107 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Use After Free Denial Of Service Memory Corruption +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

Use after free in DevTools in Google Chrome prior to 92.0.4515.107 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to open DevTools to potentially exploit heap corruption via specific user gesture. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Use After Free Denial Of Service Memory Corruption +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Use after free in WebSerial in Google Chrome prior to 91.0.4472.164 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free Denial Of Service Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 22% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Use after free in Blink XSLT in Google Chrome prior to 91.0.4472.164 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Use After Free Denial Of Service Memory Corruption +5
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 91.0.4472.164 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free Denial Of Service Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

There is a Memory Buffer Improper Operation Limit Vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause certain codes to be executed. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free Huawei Memory Corruption +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Open vSwitch (aka openvswitch) 2.11.0 through 2.15.0 has a use-after-free in decode_NXAST_RAW_ENCAP (called from ofpact_decode and ofpacts_decode) during the decoding of a RAW_ENCAP action. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Use After Free Memory Corruption Information Disclosure +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

libarchive 3.4.1 through 3.5.1 has a use-after-free in copy_string (called from do_uncompress_block and process_block). Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free Memory Corruption Information Disclosure +7
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Windows GDI Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Use After Free Microsoft Memory Corruption +9
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

In StreamOut::prepareForWriting of StreamOut.cpp, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a use after free. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Google Privilege Escalation +4
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability has been identified in JT2Go (All versions < V13.2), Teamcenter Visualization (All versions < V13.2). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free Memory Corruption Information Disclosure +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability has been identified in JT2Go (All versions < V13.2), Teamcenter Visualization (All versions < V13.2). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free Memory Corruption Information Disclosure +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability has been identified in JT2Go (All versions < V13.2), Teamcenter Visualization (All versions < V13.2). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free Memory Corruption Information Disclosure +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability has been identified in JT2Go (All versions < V13.2), Teamcenter Visualization (All versions < V13.2). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free Memory Corruption Information Disclosure +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Use after free can occur due to improper handling of response from firmware in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Use After Free Qualcomm Memory Corruption +68
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

A maliciously crafted PNG, PDF or DWF file in Autodesk Design Review 2018, 2017, 2013, 2012, 2011 can be used to attempt to free an object that has already been freed while parsing them. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +1
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in WebKitGTK browser version 2.30.3 x64. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +1
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC This Week

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the way Webkit’s GraphicsContext handles certain events in WebKitGTK 2.30.4. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Use After Free Buffer Overflow Apple +4
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.0
HIGH POC This Week

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the way certain events are processed for ImageLoader objects of Webkit WebKitGTK 2.30.4. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Use After Free Buffer Overflow Apple +4
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

The Device Model in ACRN through 2.5 has a devicemodel/core/mem.c use-after-free for a freed rb_entry. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Use After Free Memory Corruption Information Disclosure +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

The polling timer handler in ACRN before 2.5 has a use-after-free for a freed virtio device, related to devicemodel/hw/pci/virtio/*.c. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Use After Free Memory Corruption Information Disclosure +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 12% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Use after free in TabGroups in Google Chrome prior to 91.0.4472.114 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free Denial Of Service Memory Corruption +3
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Use after free in WebAudio in Google Chrome prior to 91.0.4472.114 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free Denial Of Service Memory Corruption +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Use after free in Sharing in Google Chrome prior to 91.0.4472.114 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free Denial Of Service Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 8.8
HIGH KEV THREAT This Week

Use after free in WebGL in Google Chrome prior to 91.0.4472.114 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free Denial Of Service Memory Corruption +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.3
LOW POC PATCH Monitor

The CIL compiler in SELinux 3.2 has a use-after-free in cil_reset_classpermission (called from cil_reset_classperms_set and cil_reset_classperms_list). Rated low severity (CVSS 3.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Memory Corruption Use After Free Information Disclosure +9
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.3
LOW POC PATCH Monitor

The CIL compiler in SELinux 3.2 has a use-after-free in __cil_verify_classperms (called from __verify_map_perm_classperms and hashtab_map). Rated low severity (CVSS 3.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Use After Free Memory Corruption Information Disclosure +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.3
LOW POC PATCH Monitor

The CIL compiler in SELinux 3.2 has a use-after-free in __cil_verify_classperms (called from __cil_verify_classpermission and __cil_pre_verify_helper). Rated low severity (CVSS 3.3), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Use After Free Memory Corruption Information Disclosure +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

Tesseract OCR 5.0.0-alpha-20201231 has a one_ell_conflict use-after-free during a strpbrk call. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Use After Free Memory Corruption Information Disclosure +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

There is a Memory Buffer Improper Operation Limit Vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free Denial Of Service Huawei +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

There is a Memory Buffer Improper Operation Limit Vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free Huawei Memory Corruption +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

There is a Memory Buffer Improper Operation Limit Vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free Huawei Memory Corruption +3
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Vector 35 Binary Ninja 2.3.2660 (Build ID 88f343c3). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free RCE Memory Corruption +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Guest triggered use-after-free in Linux xen-netback A malicious or buggy network PV frontend can force Linux netback to disable the interface and terminate the receive kernel thread associated with. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free Linux Memory Corruption +11
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