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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 (6143)

EPSS 1% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

In removeInterfaceAddress of NetworkController.cpp, there is a possible use after free. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

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

In btm_proc_smp_cback of tm_ble.cc, there is a possible memory corruption due to a use after free. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Buffer Overflow RCE +4
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A use-after-free flaw was found in pacemaker up to and including version 2.0.1 which could result in certain sensitive information to be leaked via the system logs. 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 1% CVSS 6.6
MEDIUM This Month

When processing project files, the application (Omron CX-Programmer v9.70 and prior and Common Components January 2019 and prior) fails to check if it is referencing freed memory. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.6), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

An exploitable use-after-free vulnerability in the DXF-parsing functionality in Autodesk Advance Steel 2018, Autodesk AutoCAD 2018, Autodesk AutoCAD Architecture 2018, Autodesk AutoCAD Electrical. 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 +11
NVD
EPSS 65% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC KEV PATCH THREAT This Week

In Apache HTTP Server 2.4 releases 2.4.17 to 2.4.38, with MPM event, worker or prefork, code executing in less-privileged child processes or threads (including scripts executed by an in-process. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Use After Free Apache +27
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In the Linux Kernel before versions 4.20.8 and 4.19.21 a use-after-free error in the "sctp_sendmsg()" function (net/sctp/socket.c) when handling SCTP_SENDALL flag can be exploited to corrupt memory. 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 Linux Information Disclosure +3
NVD
EPSS 59% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC THREAT This Week

A vulnerability was found in gnutls versions from 3.5.8 before 3.6.7. 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.

Buffer Overflow Use After Free Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

A use-after-free flaw has been discovered in libcomps before version 0.1.10 in the way ObjMRTrees are merged. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 5% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC Act Now

An issue was discovered in aio_poll() in fs/aio.c in the Linux kernel through 5.0.4. 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 Linux Information Disclosure +7
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

The KVM implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.20.5 has a Use-after-Free. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Use After Free Linux Information Disclosure +16
NVD GitHub
EPSS 4% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Foxit PhantomPDF. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), 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 +2
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader. 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 +2
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader. 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 +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

Vixie Cron before the 3.0pl1-133 Debian package allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and daemon crash) because of a force_rescan_user error. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Debian +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

In several functions of binder.c, there is possible memory corruption due to a use after free. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Privilege Escalation Buffer Overflow +4
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 5% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

In the Linux kernel before 4.20.5, attackers can trigger a drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c use-after-free and OOPS by arranging for certain simultaneous execution of the code, as demonstrated by. 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 Linux Information Disclosure +8
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Sharing of objects over calls into JavaScript runtime in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Google Use After Free Information Disclosure +7
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Incorrect pointer management in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 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 Use After Free Information Disclosure +7
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Insufficient checks of pointer validity in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 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 Use After Free Information Disclosure +7
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.6
CRITICAL Act Now

Incorrect lifetime handling in HTML select elements in Google Chrome on Android and Mac prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Google Use After Free Information Disclosure +7
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Inappropriate memory management when caching in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 72.0.3626.81 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted PDF file. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Google Use After Free RCE +7
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In the Linux kernel through 4.20.11, af_alg_release() in crypto/af_alg.c neglects to set a NULL value for a certain structure member, which leads to a use-after-free in sockfs_setattr. 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 Linux Information Disclosure +5
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC This Week

In Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14.02, there is a use-after-free in paste_tokens in asm/preproc.c. 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 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

In Binaryen 1.38.22, there is a use-after-free problem in wasm::WasmBinaryBuilder::visitCall in wasm-binary.cpp. 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 Information Disclosure Memory Corruption +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

In parser/btorsmt2.c in Boolector 3.0.0, opening a specially crafted input file leads to a use after free in get_failed_assumptions or btor_delete. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), 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 GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

png_image_free in png.c in libpng 1.6.x before 1.6.37 has a use-after-free because png_image_free_function is called under png_safe_execute. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available.

Use After Free Information Disclosure Memory Corruption +32
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

liblivemedia in Live555 before 2019.02.03 mishandles the termination of an RTSP stream after RTP/RTCP-over-RTSP has been set up, which could lead to a Use-After-Free error that causes the RTSP server. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

An issue was discovered in Foxit 3D Plugin Beta before 9.4.0.16807 for Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

An issue has been found in libIEC61850 v1.3.1. 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 17% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT This Week

Lua 5.3.5 has a use-after-free in lua_upvaluejoin in lapi.c. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +2
NVD GitHub Exploit-DB
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Irssi 1.1.x before 1.1.2 has a use after free when hidden lines are expired from the scroll buffer. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.11, the ENIP dissector could crash. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), 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 3% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows Runtime improperly handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Runtime Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Use After Free Microsoft Information Disclosure +7
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

In GNU Binutils 2.31.1, there is a use-after-free in the error function in elfcomm.c when called from the process_archive function in readelf.c via a crafted ELF file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption Information Disclosure Use After Free +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

In Mini-XML (aka mxml) v2.12, there is a use-after-free in the mxmlAdd function of the mxml-node.c file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption Information Disclosure Use After Free +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

There is a use-after-free at asm/preproc.c (function pp_getline) in Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc16 that will cause a denial of service during certain finishes tests. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption Denial Of Service Use After Free +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

There is a use-after-free at asm/preproc.c (function pp_getline) in Netwide Assembler (NASM) 2.14rc16 that will cause a denial of service during a line-number increment attempt. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption Denial Of Service Use After Free +1
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

libarchive version commit 416694915449219d505531b1096384f3237dd6cc onwards (release v3.1.0 onwards) contains a CWE-416: Use After Free vulnerability in RAR decoder -. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Memory Corruption Denial Of Service Use After Free +8
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, Un-trusted pointer de-reference issue by accessing a variable which is already freed. 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 Linux Information Disclosure +4
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, A use after free condition and an out-of-bounds access can occur in the DIAG driver. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Use After Free Denial Of Service Linux +4
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, Error in kernel observed while accessing freed mask pointers after reallocating memory for. 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 Linux Information Disclosure +4
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, A use after free condition can occur in the SPS driver which can lead to error in kernel. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Use After Free Denial Of Service Linux +4
NVD
EPSS 27% CVSS 8.1
HIGH This Week

LibVNC before commit ca2a5ac02fbbadd0a21fabba779c1ea69173d10b contains heap use-after-free vulnerability in server code of file transfer extension that can result remote code execution. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption RCE Use After Free +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 12% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

LibVNC before commit 73cb96fec028a576a5a24417b57723b55854ad7b contains heap use-after-free vulnerability in server code of file transfer extension that can result remote code execution. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption RCE Use After Free +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.0
HIGH PATCH This Week

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's NFS41+ subsystem. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.0), 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.

Buffer Overflow Use After Free Privilege Escalation +7
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

hw/9pfs/cofile.c and hw/9pfs/9p.c in QEMU can modify an fid path while it is being accessed by a second thread, leading to (for example) a use-after-free outcome. 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.

Memory Corruption Information Disclosure Use After Free +5
NVD
EPSS 44% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the VBScript engine handles objects in memory, aka "Windows VBScript Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Internet. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available.

Memory Corruption Microsoft RCE +2
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Use After Free in Remote logging (which is disabled by default) in McAfee McAfee Agent (MA) 5.x prior to 5.6.0 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to cause a Denial of Service and potentially a. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

Incorrect handing of paths leading to a use after free in Skia in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 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 Memory Corruption Denial Of Service +6
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Incorrect object lifecycle in MediaRecorder in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 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 Memory Corruption Information Disclosure +6
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Incorrect object lifecycle in WebAudio in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 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 Memory Corruption Information Disclosure +6
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Incorrect handling of stylesheets leading to a use after free in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 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 Memory Corruption Denial Of Service +6
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Incorrect object lifecycle in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Google Memory Corruption Information Disclosure +6
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Incorrect object lifecycle handling in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.98 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Google Memory Corruption Information Disclosure +6
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

An issue has been found in Mini-XML (aka mxml) 2.12. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption Information Disclosure Use After Free +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In pppol2tp_connect, there is possible memory corruption due to a use after free. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow Use After Free Privilege Escalation +4
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

cairo 1.16.0, in cairo_ft_apply_variations() in cairo-ft-font.c, would free memory using a free function incompatible with WebKit's fastMalloc, leading to an application crash with a "free(): invalid. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), 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.

Memory Corruption Denial Of Service Use After Free +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

In CX-One Versions 4.42 and prior (CX-Programmer Versions 9.66 and prior and CX-Server Versions 5.0.23 and prior), when processing project files, the application fails to check if it is referencing. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

A use-after-free in WebAssembly in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox 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 Memory Corruption RCE +6
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

A double-eviction in the Incognito mode cache that lead to a user-after-free in Networking Disk Cache in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Google Memory Corruption RCE +6
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Re-entry of a destructor in Networking Disk Cache in Google Chrome prior to 66.0.3359.117 allowed a remote attacker 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.

Google Memory Corruption RCE +6
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

In LibSass 3.5.5, a use-after-free vulnerability exists in the SharedPtr class in SharedPtr.cpp (or SharedPtr.hpp) that may cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

In the Linux kernel through 4.19.6, a local user could exploit a use-after-free in the ALSA driver by supplying a malicious USB Sound device (with zero interfaces) that is mishandled in. 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.

Memory Corruption Linux Information Disclosure +4
NVD GitHub
EPSS 5% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Samba from version 4.3.0 and before versions 4.7.12, 4.8.7 and 4.9.3 are vulnerable to a denial of service. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Memory Corruption Denial Of Service Use After Free +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, a use after free issue in WLAN host driver can lead to device reboot. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Use After Free Denial Of Service Linux +4
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, while list traversal in LPM status driver for clean up, use after free vulnerability may. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Use After Free Denial Of Service Linux +4
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, due to a race condition, a Use After Free condition can occur in Audio. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Use After Free Denial Of Service Linux +4
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In all android releases(Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android) from CAF using the linux kernel, there is a possible Use-after-free issue in Media Codec process. 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 Linux Information Disclosure +4
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Use after free in WebAudio in Google Chrome prior to 65.0.3325.146 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 Memory Corruption Denial Of Service +6
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Use after free in HTMLImportsController in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.67 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 Memory Corruption Denial Of Service +6
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Incorrect implementation of object trimming in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.67 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit object 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 Memory Corruption Information Disclosure +6
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.6
CRITICAL Act Now

Incorrect refcounting in AppCache in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.67 allowed a remote attacker to perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Google Memory Corruption Information Disclosure +6
NVD
EPSS 48% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT This Week

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the VBScript engine handles objects in memory, aka "Windows VBScript Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7,. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Memory Corruption Microsoft RCE +9
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.8
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

Netwide Assembler (NASM) before 2.13.02 has a use-after-free in detoken at asm/preproc.c. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

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

In task_get_unused_fd_flags of binder.c, there is a possible memory corruption due to a use after free. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Buffer Overflow Use After Free Privilege Escalation +4
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

In get_futex_key of futex.c, there is a use-after-free due to improper locking. 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.

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

When processing project files in Omron CX-Supervisor Versions 3.4.1.0 and prior, the application fails to check if it is referencing freed memory, which may allow an attacker to execute code under. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

A heap use-after-free flaw was found in curl versions from 7.59.0 through 7.61.1 in the code related to closing an easy handle. 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.

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

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.1.0.5096. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.0.1.5096. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption RCE Use After Free +2
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.0.1.5096. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption RCE Use After Free +1
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.0.1.5096. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption RCE Use After Free +2
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.0.1.5096. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.0.1.5096. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption RCE Use After Free +2
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.0.1.5096. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption RCE Use After Free +1
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.0.1.5096. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.0.1.5096. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the way MKVToolNix MKVINFO v25.0.0 handles the MKV (matroska) file format. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

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

When a series of FDAL messages are sent to the modem, a Use After Free condition can occur in Snapdragon Automobile, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear in version MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650,. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Memory Corruption Qualcomm Denial Of Service +26
NVD
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