Use After Free vulnerabilities
CWE-416 · 12 tracked
Use After Free (CWE-416) is a recognized software weakness class in the MITRE CWE catalog. The vulnerabilities below are all instances of this pattern.
How it’s exploited
How use after free is exploited depends on the specific vulnerability, but every CVE in this class shares the same underlying flaw pattern — which is why the same class of mitigation applies across them.
How to prevent it
Recognizing the use after free pattern lets you apply one class of fix across every affected component. Each CVE page below carries specific, version-level remediation.
Tracked use after free vulnerabilities
12 CVEs in this class, each with severity, exploit status, EPSS, and remediation.
CVE-2026-62898CVE-2026-71847CVE-2026-69244CVE-2026-54522CVE-2026-54619CVE-2026-54620GHSA-6jwg-7q3p-5fqmCVE-2026-55510GHSA-qh5g-q395-cx4jGHSA-qvxh-prvr-85w2GHSA-ggxf-9f6j-w742GHSA-q95x-7g78-rccv
Frequently asked questions
- What is Use After Free?
- Use After Free (CWE-416) is a recognized software weakness class in the MITRE CWE catalog. The vulnerabilities below are all instances of this pattern.
- How is use after free exploited?
- How use after free is exploited depends on the specific vulnerability, but every CVE in this class shares the same underlying flaw pattern — which is why the same class of mitigation applies across them.
- How do you prevent use after free?
- Recognizing the use after free pattern lets you apply one class of fix across every affected component. Each CVE page below carries specific, version-level remediation.
- How many use after free vulnerabilities are there?
- O3 tracks 12 vulnerabilities classified as CWE-416 (Use After Free), each with severity, exploit status, EPSS exploitation probability, and remediation. The full list is below.