About “Use-After-Free”

A curated feed of “Use-After-Free”-related CVEs appears below. We currently track 6956 CVEs for this tag (all time). In the last 365 days, 1453 were published. Average CVSS is 7.9 (all time; 7.6 over 365d), and 79% are rated High/Critical (all time). Top CWEs (last 365 days): CWE-416 - Use After Free, CWE-362 - Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition'), CWE-119 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer.

In our taxonomy this topic maps to a HIGH impact class. Common exploitation patterns for this weakness can lead to high. Use the filters to triage high risk first and validate exposure in your environment. Use the filters below to sort by CVSS, risk and CWE. Each detail page highlights vendor advisories and mitigation tips.

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CVSS ≥ 0.0
2026-04-21
High

CVE-2026-6758

Use-after-free in the JavaScript: WebAssembly component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150 and Thunderbird 150.

High

CVE-2026-6754

Use-after-free in the JavaScript Engine component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150, Firefox ESR 115.35, Firefox ESR 140.10, Thunderbird 150, and Thunderbird 140.10.

High

CVE-2026-6747

Use-after-free in the WebRTC component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150, Firefox ESR 140.10, Thunderbird 150, and Thunderbird 140.10.

High

CVE-2026-6746

Use-after-free in the DOM: Core & HTML component. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 150, Firefox ESR 115.35, Firefox ESR 140.10, Thunderbird 150, and Thunderbird 140.10.

2026-04-20
Medium

CVE-2026-6654

Double-Free / Use-After-Free (UAF) in the `IntoIter::drop` and `ThinVec::clear` functions in the thin_vec crate. A panic in `ptr::drop_in_place` skips setting the length to zero.

2026-04-16
High

CVE-2026-41035

In rsync 3.0.1 through 3.4.1, receive_xattr relies on an untrusted length value during a qsort call, leading to a receiver use-after-free. The victim must run rsync with -X (aka --xattrs). On Linux,…

2026-04-15
Medium

CVE-2026-6362

Use after free in Codecs in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.101 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted video file. (Chromium security severity: H…

High

CVE-2026-6360

Use after free in FileSystem in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.101 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit object corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

High

CVE-2026-6359

Use after free in Video in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 147.0.7727.101 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to perform out of bounds memory access via a crafted HTM…

High

CVE-2026-6358

Use after free in XR in Google Chrome on Android prior to 147.0.7727.101 allowed a remote attacker to perform an out of bounds memory read via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critic…

High

CVE-2026-6319

Use after free in Payments in Google Chrome on Android prior to 147.0.7727.101 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to execute arbitrary code via a crafted…

High

CVE-2026-6318

Use after free in Codecs in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.101 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

High

CVE-2026-6317

Use after free in Cast in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.101 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

High

CVE-2026-6316

Use after free in Forms in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.101 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

High

CVE-2026-6315

Use after free in Permissions in Google Chrome on Android prior to 147.0.7727.101 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to execute arbitrary code via a craf…

High

CVE-2026-6310

Use after free in Dawn in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.101 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Ch…

High

CVE-2026-6309

Use after free in Viz in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.101 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chr…

High

CVE-2026-6304

Use after free in Graphite in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.101 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page.…

High

CVE-2026-6303

Use after free in Codecs in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.101 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

High

CVE-2026-6302

Use after free in Video in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.101 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

High

CVE-2026-6300

Use after free in CSS in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.101 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

High

CVE-2026-6299

Use after free in Prerender in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.101 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Critical)

High

CVE-2026-6297

Use after free in Proxy in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.101 allowed an attacker in a privileged network position to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium securi…

2026-04-14
High

CVE-2026-33023

libsixel is a SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation derived from kmiya's sixel. In versions 1.8.7 and prior, when built with the --with-gdk-pixbuf2 option, a use-after-free vulnerability exists in loa…

High

CVE-2026-33021

libsixel is a SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation derived from kmiya's sixel. Versions 1.8.7 and prior contain a use-after-free vulnerability in sixel_encoder_encode_bytes() because sixel_frame_init…

High

CVE-2026-27292

Adobe Framemaker versions 2022.8 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issu…

High

CVE-2026-33018

libsixel is a SIXEL encoder/decoder implementation derived from kmiya's sixel. Versions 1.8.7 and prior contain a Use-After-Free vulnerability via the load_gif() function in fromgif.c, where a single…

High

CVE-2026-33115

Use after free in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

High

CVE-2026-33101

Use after free in Windows Print Spooler Components allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

High

CVE-2026-33100

Use after free in Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

High

CVE-2026-33099

Use after free in Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

High

CVE-2026-33098

Use after free in Windows Container Isolation FS Filter Driver allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

High

CVE-2026-33095

Use after free in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

High

CVE-2026-32224

Use after free in Windows Server Update Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

High

CVE-2026-32200

Use after free in Microsoft Office PowerPoint allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

High

CVE-2026-32199

Use after free in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

High

CVE-2026-32198

Use after free in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

High

CVE-2026-32197

Use after free in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

High

CVE-2026-32190

Use after free in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

High

CVE-2026-32189

Use after free in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

High

CVE-2026-32165

Use after free in Windows User Interface Core allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

High

CVE-2026-32157

Use after free in Remote Desktop Client allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

High

CVE-2026-32156

Use after free in Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Device Host allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

High

CVE-2026-32155

Use after free in Desktop Window Manager allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

High

CVE-2026-32154

Use after free in Desktop Window Manager allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

High

CVE-2026-32153

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

High

CVE-2026-32152

Use after free in Desktop Window Manager allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

High

CVE-2026-32089

Use after free in Windows Speech Brokered Api allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

High

CVE-2026-32080

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

High

CVE-2026-32078

Use after free in Windows Projected File System allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

High

CVE-2026-32075

Use after free in Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Device Host allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

High

CVE-2026-32073

Use after free in Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

High

CVE-2026-32070

Use after free in Windows Common Log File System Driver allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Medium

CVE-2026-27925

Use after free in Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Device Host allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over an adjacent network.

High

CVE-2026-27924

Use after free in Desktop Window Manager allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

High

CVE-2026-27923

Use after free in Desktop Window Manager allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

High

CVE-2026-27922

Use after free in Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

High

CVE-2026-27917

Use after free in Windows WFP NDIS Lightweight Filter Driver (wfplwfs.sys) allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

High

CVE-2026-27916

Use after free in Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Device Host allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

High

CVE-2026-27915

Use after free in Windows Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Device Host allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

High

CVE-2026-27909

Use after free in Microsoft Windows Search Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

High

CVE-2026-27908

Use after free in Windows TDI Translation Driver (tdx.sys) allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

High

CVE-2026-26182

Use after free in Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

High

CVE-2026-26181

Use after free in Microsoft Brokering File System allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

High

CVE-2026-26177

Use after free in Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

High

CVE-2026-26165

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

High

CVE-2026-23657

Use after free in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

High

CVE-2026-27283

InDesign Desktop versions 20.5.2, 21.2 and earlier are affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of thi…

2026-04-13
Medium

CVE-2026-40311

ImageMagick is free and open-source software used for editing and manipulating digital images. Versions below 7.1.2-19 and 6.9.13-44 contain a heap use-after-free vulnerability that can cause a crash…

Critical

CVE-2026-6100

Use-after-free (UAF) was possible in the `lzma.LZMADecompressor`, `bz2.BZ2Decompressor`, and `gzip.GzipFile` when a memory allocation fails with a `MemoryError` and the decompression instance is re-u…

High

CVE-2025-69627

Nitro PDF Pro for Windows 14.41.1.4 contains a heap use-after-free vulnerability in the implementation of the JavaScript method this.mailDoc(). During execution, an internal XID object is allocated a…

High

CVE-2026-31426

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: EC: clean up handlers on probe failure in acpi_ec_setup() When ec_install_handlers() returns -EPROBE_DEFER on reduced-hardw…

High

CVE-2026-31419

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: bonding: fix use-after-free in bond_xmit_broadcast() bond_xmit_broadcast() reuses the original skb for the last slave (deter…

2026-04-10
Critical

CVE-2026-6068

NASM contains a heap use after free vulnerability in response file (-@) processing where a dangling pointer to freed memory is stored in the global depend_file and later dereferenced, as the response…

Medium

CVE-2026-5460

A heap use-after-free exists in wolfSSL's TLS 1.3 post-quantum cryptography (PQC) hybrid KeyShare processing. In the error handling path of TLSX_KeyShare_ProcessPqcHybridClient() in src/tls.c, the in…

2026-04-09
High

CVE-2026-34734

HDF5 is software for managing data. In 1.14.1-2 and earlier, a heap-use-after-free was found in the h5dump helper utility. An attacker who can supply a malicious h5 file can trigger a heap use-after-…

Medium

CVE-2026-34983

Wasmtime is a runtime for WebAssembly. In 43.0.0, cloning a wasmtime::Linker is unsound and can result in use-after-free bugs. This bug is not controllable by guest Wasm programs. It can only be trig…

2026-04-08
High

CVE-2026-5904

Use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed an attacker who convinced a user to install a malicious extension to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted Chrome Exte…

High

CVE-2026-5883

Use after free in Media in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

High

CVE-2026-5877

Use after free in Navigation in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: Medium)

Critical

CVE-2026-5874

Use after free in PrivateAI in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker who convinced a user to engage in specific UI gestures to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a craf…

High

CVE-2026-5872

Use after free in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

High

CVE-2026-5866

Use after free in Media in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

High

CVE-2026-5861

Use after free in V8 in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

High

CVE-2026-5860

Use after free in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 147.0.7727.55 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

2026-04-07
High

CVE-2026-28387

Issue summary: An uncommon configuration of clients performing DANE TLSA-based server authentication, when paired with uncommon server DANE TLSA records, may result in a use-after-free and/or double-…

Medium

CVE-2026-39316

OpenPrinting CUPS is an open source printing system for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems. In versions 2.4.16 and prior, a use-after-free vulnerability exists in the CUPS scheduler (cupsd)…

2026-04-06
High

CVE-2025-54602

An issue was discovered in the Wi-Fi driver in Samsung Mobile Processor and Wearable Processor Exynos 980, 850, 1080, 1280, 1330, 1380, 1480, 1580, W920, W930, and W1000. Improper synchronization on…

Low

CVE-2026-34764

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. From 33.0.0-alpha.1 to before 39.8.5, 40.8.5, 41.1.0, and 42.0.0-alpha.5, apps that use offscre…

High

CVE-2026-31408

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: SCO: Fix use-after-free in sco_recv_frame() due to missing sock_hold sco_recv_frame() reads conn->sk under sco_conn_lo…

2026-04-04
High

CVE-2026-34774

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 39.8.1, 40.7.0, and 41.0.0, apps that use offscreen rendering and allow child…

Medium

CVE-2026-34772

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.0, 40.7.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8, apps that allow downloads and prog…

High

CVE-2026-34771

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.0, 40.7.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8, apps that register an asynchronous…

High

CVE-2026-34770

Electron is a framework for writing cross-platform desktop applications using JavaScript, HTML and CSS. Prior to versions 38.8.6, 39.8.1, 40.8.0, and 41.0.0-beta.8, apps that use the powerMonitor mod…

2026-04-03
High

CVE-2026-31399

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvdimm/bus: Fix potential use after free in asynchronous initialization Dingisoul with KASAN reports a use after free if device_a…

High

CVE-2026-31396

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: macb: fix use-after-free access to PTP clock PTP clock is registered on every opening of the interface and destroyed on ever…

High

CVE-2026-31389

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: fix use-after-free on controller registration failure Make sure to deregister from driver core also in the unlikely event th…

Unknown

CVE-2026-23471

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm: Fix use-after-free on framebuffers and property blobs when calling drm_dev_unplug When trying to do a rather aggressive test…

High

CVE-2026-23461

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix use-after-free in l2cap_unregister_user After commit ab4eedb790ca ("Bluetooth: L2CAP: Fix corrupted list in…

High

CVE-2026-23458

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ctnetlink: fix use-after-free in ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct() ctnetlink_dump_exp_ct() stores a conntrack pointer in cb->dat…

High

CVE-2026-23454

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mana: fix use-after-free in mana_hwc_destroy_channel() by reordering teardown A potential race condition exists in mana_hwc_…

Medium

CVE-2026-23452

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PM: runtime: Fix a race condition related to device removal The following code in pm_runtime_work() may dereference the dev->pare…

Critical

CVE-2026-23450

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: fix NULL dereference and UAF in smc_tcp_syn_recv_sock() Syzkaller reported a panic in smc_tcp_syn_recv_sock() [1]. smc_…

Medium

CVE-2026-23443

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: processor: Fix previous acpi_processor_errata_piix4() fix After commi f132e089fe89 ("ACPI: processor: Fix NULL-pointer dere…

High

CVE-2026-23432

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mshv: Fix use-after-free in mshv_map_user_memory error path In the error path of mshv_map_user_memory(), calling vfree() directly…

Critical

CVE-2026-23428

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix use-after-free of share_conf in compound request smb2_get_ksmbd_tcon() reuses work->tcon in compound requests without…

Critical

CVE-2026-23427

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix use-after-free in durable v2 replay of active file handles parse_durable_handle_context() unconditionally assigns dh_i…

2026-04-02
High

CVE-2026-23415

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: futex: Fix UaF between futex_key_to_node_opt() and vma_replace_policy() During futex_key_to_node_opt() execution, vma->vm_policy…

High

CVE-2026-23413

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clsact: Fix use-after-free in init/destroy rollback asymmetry Fix a use-after-free in the clsact qdisc upon init/destroy rollback…

High

CVE-2026-23412

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: bpf: defer hook memory release until rcu readers are done Yiming Qian reports UaF when concurrent process is dumping h…

2026-04-01
High

CVE-2026-23410

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: fix race on rawdata dereference There is a race condition that leads to a use-after-free situation: because the rawdata…

Critical

CVE-2026-5290

Use after free in Compositing in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML pa…

Critical

CVE-2026-5289

Use after free in Navigation in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML pag…

Critical

CVE-2026-5288

Use after free in WebView in Google Chrome on Android prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted…

High

CVE-2026-5287

Use after free in PDF in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted PDF file. (Chromium security severity: High)

High

CVE-2026-5286

Use after free in Dawn in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

High

CVE-2026-5285

Use after free in WebGL in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

High

CVE-2026-5284

Use after free in Dawn in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium securit…

High

CVE-2026-5281

Use after free in Dawn in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium securit…

High

CVE-2026-5280

Use after free in WebCodecs in Google Chrome prior to 146.0.7680.178 allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code inside a sandbox via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)