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Use After Free

memory HIGH

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 (6143)

EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Use after free in audio in Google Chrome on Android prior to 77.0.3865.120 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.

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

Use after free in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 77.0.3865.120 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.

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

Use after free in IndexedDB in Google Chrome prior to 77.0.3865.120 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code 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.

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

Use after free in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 77.0.3865.90 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.

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

Use after free in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 77.0.3865.90 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.

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

Use after free in offline mode in Google Chrome prior to 77.0.3865.90 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.

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

Use after free in sharing view in Google Chrome prior to 77.0.3865.90 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.

Google Denial Of Service Use After Free +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

Subsequent use of the CBO listener may result in further memory corruption due to use after free issue. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow Qualcomm +9
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Use after free issue in cleanup routine due to missing pointer sanitization for a failed start of a trusted application. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Qualcomm +14
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

Use after free issue in Xtra daemon shutdown due to static object instance getting freed from a multiple places in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Qualcomm +39
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

In ProxyResolverV8::SetPacScript of proxy_resolver_v8.cc, there is a possible memory corruption due to a use after free. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 73% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Internet Explorer, aka 'Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability'. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Use After Free RCE +2
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 5.3.9. 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 Linux Information Disclosure +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Use after free issue in kernel while accessing freed mdlog session info and its attributes after closing the session in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Qualcomm +29
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Lack of check for a negative value returned for get_clk is wrongly interpreted as valid pointer and lead to use after free in clk driver in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Qualcomm +42
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

DCI client which might be preemptively freed up might be accessed for transferring packets leading to kernel error in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), 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 Qualcomm Information Disclosure +40
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

Real Time Engineers FreeRTOS+FAT 160919a has a use after free. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM This Month

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Foxit PhantomPDF 9.6.0.25114. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free Information Disclosure Memory Corruption +1
NVD
EPSS 6% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PhantomPDF 9.6.0.25114. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PhantomPDF 9.6.0.25114. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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 RCE Memory Corruption +1
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PhantomPDF 9.6.0.25114. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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 RCE Memory Corruption +1
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

archive_read_format_rar_read_data in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.4.0 has a use-after-free in a certain ARCHIVE_FAILED situation, related to Ppmd7_DecodeSymbol. 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 Information Disclosure Memory Corruption +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 5% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

In xsltCopyText in transform.c in libxslt 1.1.33, a pointer variable isn't reset under certain circumstances. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Use After Free Information Disclosure Memory Corruption +3
NVD VulDB
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an use after. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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.

Denial Of Service Adobe RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an use after. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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.

Denial Of Service Adobe RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an use after. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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.

Denial Of Service Adobe RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an use after. 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.

Denial Of Service Adobe RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions, 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an use after. 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.

Denial Of Service Adobe RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an use after. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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.

Denial Of Service Adobe RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an use after. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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.

Denial Of Service Adobe RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an use after. 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.

Denial Of Service Adobe RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an use after. 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.

Denial Of Service Adobe RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an use after. 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.

Denial Of Service Adobe RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an use after. 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.

Denial Of Service Adobe RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an use after. 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.

Denial Of Service Adobe RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an use after. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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.

Denial Of Service Adobe RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an use after. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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.

Denial Of Service Adobe RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an use after. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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.

Denial Of Service Adobe RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an use after. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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.

Denial Of Service Adobe RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an use after. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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.

Denial Of Service Adobe RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an use after. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), 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.

Denial Of Service Adobe RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an use after. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), 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.

Denial Of Service Adobe RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an use after. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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.

Denial Of Service Adobe RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an use after. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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.

Denial Of Service Adobe RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an use after. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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.

Denial Of Service Adobe RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an use after. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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.

Denial Of Service Adobe RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an use after. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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.

Denial Of Service Adobe RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an use after. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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.

Denial Of Service Adobe RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions , 2019.012.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2017.011.30148 and earlier, 2015.006.30503 and earlier, and 2015.006.30503 and earlier have an use after. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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.

Denial Of Service Adobe RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In ImageMagick before 7.0.8-62, TraceBezier in MagickCore/draw.c has a use-after-free. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), 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 Information Disclosure Memory Corruption +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

ImageMagick before 7.0.8-55 has a use-after-free in DestroyStringInfo in MagickCore/string.c because the error manager is mishandled in coders/jpeg.c. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

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

vips_foreign_load_gif_scan_image in foreign/gifload.c in libvips before 8.8.2 tries to access a color map before a DGifGetImageDesc call, leading to a use-after-free. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Use After Free Information Disclosure Memory Corruption +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 72% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT Act Now

A use-after-free in binder.c allows an elevation of privilege from an application to the Linux Kernel. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Use After Free Linux Information Disclosure +78
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

ESXi, Workstation, Fusion, VMRC and Horizon Client contain a use-after-free vulnerability in the virtual sound device. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free VMware Information Disclosure +6
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the Length parsing function of NitroPDF. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

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

An exploitable Use After Free vulnerability exists in the CharProcs parsing functionality of NitroPDF. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PhantomPDF 9.5.0.20723. 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 Reader 9.5.0.20723. 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 Reader 9.4.1.16828. 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 Reader 9.5.0.20723. 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 Reader 9.5.0.20723. 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 8% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote atackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PhantomPDF 9.5.0.20723. 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 8% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote atackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PhantomPDF 9.5.0.20723. 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 8% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote atackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit Reader 9.5.0.20723. 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 Reader 9.6.0.25114. 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 4% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit Reader 9.5.0.20723. 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 4% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit Reader 9.5.0.20723. 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 4% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit Reader 9.5.0.20723. 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 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

PuTTY before 0.73 might allow remote SSH-1 servers to cause a denial of service by accessing freed memory locations via an SSH1_MSG_DISCONNECT message. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

Device record of the pairing device used after free during ACL disconnection in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT,. 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 Qualcomm Information Disclosure +33
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Use after free issue occurs If another instance of open for voice_svc node has been called from application without closing the previous one. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Qualcomm +44
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

In Bluetooth, there is a possible information disclosure due to a use after free. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Information Disclosure Memory Corruption +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

In Keymaster, there is a possible EoP due to a use after free. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

In libstagefright, there is a possible use-after-free due to improper locking. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Google Use After Free Privilege Escalation +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM This Month

In the Bluetooth stack, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a use after free. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Privilege Escalation Buffer Overflow +4
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

It is possible to delete an IndexedDB key value and subsequently try to extract it during conversion. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Mozilla +4
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

A use-after-free vulnerability can occur while manipulating video elements if the body is freed while still in use. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Mozilla +4
NVD
EPSS 17% CVSS 9.1
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

In Apache HTTP Server 2.4.18-2.4.39, using fuzzed network input, the http/2 session handling could be made to read memory after being freed, during connection shutdown. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), 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 Information Disclosure Apache +6
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

An issue was discovered in the string-interner crate before 0.7.1 for Rust. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Use After Free Information Disclosure Memory Corruption +1
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH Act Now

An issue was discovered in the portaudio-rs crate through 0.3.1 for Rust. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), 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 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Red Lion Controls Crimson, version 3.0 and prior and version 3.1 prior to release 3112.00, allow multiple vulnerabilities to be exploited when a valid user opens a specially crafted, malicious input. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

libIEC61850 through 1.3.3 has a use-after-free in MmsServer_waitReady in mms/iso_mms/server/mms_server.c, as demonstrated by server_example_goose. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Use After Free Information Disclosure Memory Corruption +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.4
MEDIUM This Month

If an MQTT v5 client connects to Eclipse Mosquitto versions 1.6.0 to 1.6.4 inclusive, sets a last will and testament, sets a will delay interval, sets a session expiry interval, and the will delay. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

An uninitialized memory access vulnerability exists in the way Aspose.PDF 19.2 for C++ handles invalid parent object pointers. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Use After Free RCE +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability exists in the way LZW-compressed streams are processed in Aspose.PDF 19.2 for C++. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

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

An exploitable Use-After-Free vulnerability exists in the way FunctionType 0 PDF elements are processed in Aspose.PDF 19.2 for C++. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

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

GnuCOBOL 2.2 has a use-after-free in the end_scope_of_program_name() function in cobc/parser.y via crafted COBOL source code. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Use After Free Information Disclosure Memory Corruption +1
NVD
EPSS 6% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Adobe Flash Player 32.0.0.238 and earlier versions, 32.0.0.207 and earlier versions have a Use after free vulnerability. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Adobe RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 13% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the VBScript engine handles objects in memory, aka 'VBScript Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. 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 +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

GNU cflow through 1.6 has a use-after-free in the reference function in parser.c. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Use After Free Information Disclosure Memory Corruption +1
NVD
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