CWE-763— Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference
The product attempts to return a memory resource to the system, but it calls the wrong release function or calls the appropriate release function incorrectly.— MITRE CWE catalog
114 active CVEs classified under this weakness category. Sourced from NVD, GHSA, and vendor advisories. Full definition on MITRE →
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- CVE-2020-0444HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82020-12-14
In audit_free_lsm_field of auditfilter.c, there is a possible bad kfree due to a logic error in audit_data_to_entry. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not n…
- CVE-2019-18619HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82020-07-22
Incorrect parameter validation in the synaTee component of Synaptics WBF drivers using an SGX enclave (all versions prior to 2019-11-15) allows a local user to execute arbitrary code in the enclave (that can compromise confidentiality of e…
- CVE-2019-19820HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82020-01-10
An invalid pointer vulnerability in IOCTL Handling in the kyrld.sys driver in Kyrol Internet Security 9.0.6.9 allows an attacker to achieve privilege escalation, denial-of-service, and code execution via usermode because 0x9C402405 using M…
- CVE-2013-4695HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-12-27
Winamp 5.63: Invalid Pointer Dereference leading to Arbitrary Code Execution
- CVE-2019-9290HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82019-09-27
In tzdata there is possible memory corruption due to a mismatch between allocation and deallocation functions. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed …
- CVE-2018-9557HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-12-06
In really_install_package of install.cpp, there is a possible free of arbitrary memory due to uninitialized data. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not need…
- CVE-2017-18075HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82018-01-24
crypto/pcrypt.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.13 mishandles freeing instances, allowing a local user able to access the AF_ALG-based AEAD interface (CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER_API_AEAD) and pcrypt (CONFIG_CRYPTO_PCRYPT) to cause a denial of serv…
- CVE-2017-0731HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82017-08-09
A elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Android media framework (mpeg4 encoder). Product: Android. Versions: 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2. Android ID: A-36075363.
- CVE-2026-88340HIGHCVSS 7.6EG 7.62026-09-22
An invalid pointer release vulnerability exists in YARA 4.5.8 during deserialization of compiled .yrc rule files. The vulnerability is caused by insufficient validation of external-variable pointers, which may lead to invalid free in yr_ru…
- CVE-2026-9516HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52026-06-03
Cpanel::JSON::XS versions before 4.41 for Perl allow denial of service via UTF-8 BOM prefixed input when a decode filter callback throws. To skip a leading 3-byte UTF-8 BOM, decode_json() advances the input scalar's string pointer past th…
- CVE-2026-47312HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52026-05-19
Release of invalid pointer or reference vulnerability in Samsung Open Source Escargot allows Buffer Manipulation. This issue affects Escargot: 590345cc6258317c5da850d846ce6baaf2afc2d3.
- CVE-2025-48431HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52026-04-28
Mismatched Memory Management Routines vulnerability in Apache Thrift c_glib language bindings. This issue affects Apache Thrift: before 0.23.0. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 0.23.0, which fixes the issue. Description: Spec…
- CVE-2025-11838HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52025-12-04
A memory corruption vulnerability in WatchGuard Fireware OS may allow an unauthenticated attacker to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) condition in the Mobile User VPN with IKEv2 and the Branch Office VPN using IKEv2 when configured with a…
- CVE-2023-4883HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52023-10-03
Invalid pointer release vulnerability. Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to interrupt the correct operation of the service by sending a specially crafted json string to the VNF (Virtual Network Function), and trig…
- CVE-2023-25565HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52023-02-14
GSS-NTLMSSP is a mechglue plugin for the GSSAPI library that implements NTLM authentication. Prior to version 1.2.0, an incorrect free when decoding target information can trigger a denial of service. The error condition incorrectly assume…
- CVE-2022-41691HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52022-10-19
When a BIG-IP Advanced WAF/ASM security policy is configured on a virtual server, undisclosed requests can cause the bd process to terminate.
- CVE-2022-28203HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52022-09-19
A denial-of-service issue was discovered in MediaWiki before 1.35.6, 1.36.x before 1.36.4, and 1.37.x before 1.37.2. When many files exist, requesting Special:NewFiles with actor as a condition can result in a very long running query.
- CVE-2022-37451HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52022-08-06
Exim before 4.96 has an invalid free in pam_converse in auths/call_pam.c because store_free is not used after store_malloc.
- CVE-2020-36224HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52021-01-26
A flaw was discovered in OpenLDAP before 2.4.57 leading to an invalid pointer free and slapd crash in the saslAuthzTo processing, resulting in denial of service.
- CVE-2020-5139HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52020-10-12
A vulnerability in SonicOS SSLVPN service allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause Denial of Service (DoS) due to the release of Invalid pointer and leads to a firewall crash. This vulnerability affected SonicOS Gen 5 version 5.9.…
- CVE-2020-9098HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 7.52020-04-30
Huawei OceanStor 5310 product with version of V500R007C60SPC100 has an invalid pointer access vulnerability. The software system access an invalid pointer when attacker malformed packet. Due to the insufficient validation of some parameter…
- CVE-2022-25662HIGHCVSS 5.3EG 7.52022-10-19
Information disclosure due to untrusted pointer dereference in kernel in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wearables
- CVE-2024-25079HIGHCVSS 7.4EG 7.42024-05-15
A memory corruption vulnerability in HddPassword in Insyde InsydeH2O kernel 5.2 before 05.29.09, kernel 5.3 before 05.38.09, kernel 5.4 before 05.46.09, kernel 5.5 before 05.54.09, and kernel 5.6 before 05.61.09 could lead to escalating pr…
- CVE-2024-42132HIGHCVSS 7.1EG 7.12024-07-30
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bluetooth/hci: disallow setting handle bigger than HCI_CONN_HANDLE_MAX Syzbot hit warning in hci_conn_del() caused by freeing handle that was not allocated using ida all…
- CVE-2021-21401HIGHCVSS 7.1EG 7.12021-03-23
Nanopb is a small code-size Protocol Buffers implementation in ansi C. In Nanopb before versions 0.3.9.8 and 0.4.5, decoding a specifically formed message can cause invalid `free()` or `realloc()` calls if the message type contains an `one…
- CVE-2020-5972HIGHCVSS 7.1EG 7.12020-06-30
NVIDIA Virtual GPU Manager contains a vulnerability in the vGPU plugin, in which local pointer variables are not initialized and may be freed later, which may lead to tampering or denial of service. This affects vGPU version 8.x (prior to …
- CVE-2025-48768MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52026-01-01
Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference vulnerability was discovered in fs/inode/fs_inoderemove code of the Apache NuttX RTOS that allowed root filesystem inode removal leading to a debug assert trigger (that is disabled by default), NUL…
- CVE-2023-0459MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52023-05-25
Copy_from_user on 64-bit versions of the Linux kernel does not implement the __uaccess_begin_nospec allowing a user to bypass the "access_ok" check and pass a kernel pointer to copy_from_user(). This would allow an attacker to leak informa…
- CVE-2020-27545MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52023-04-16
libdwarf before 20201017 has a one-byte out-of-bounds read because of an invalid pointer dereference via an invalid line table in a crafted object.
- CVE-2022-2521MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52022-08-31
It was found in libtiff 4.4.0rc1 that there is an invalid pointer free operation in TIFFClose() at tif_close.c:131 called by tiffcrop.c:2522 that can cause a program crash and denial of service while processing crafted input.
- CVE-2021-40042MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52022-01-31
There is a release of invalid pointer vulnerability in some Huawei products, successful exploit may cause the process and service abnormal. Affected product versions include: CloudEngine 12800 V200R019C10SPC800, V200R019C10SPC900; CloudEng…
- CVE-2019-20202MEDIUMCVSS 6.5EG 6.52019-12-31
An issue was discovered in ezXML 0.8.3 through 0.8.6. The function ezxml_char_content() tries to use realloc on a block that was not allocated, leading to an invalid free and segmentation fault.
- CVE-2023-20511MEDIUMCVSS 6.4EG 6.42026-08-31
Release of an invalid pointer in the AMD kernel mode driver (KMD) could allow a privileged attacker to create a double free condition potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.
- CVE-2018-25243MEDIUMCVSS 6.2EG 6.22026-04-04
FastTube 1.0.1.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by submitting an excessively long string to the search functionality. Attackers can paste a buffer of 1900 characters into the…
- CVE-2022-25725MEDIUMCVSS 6.2EG 6.22023-01-09
Denial of service in MODEM due to improper pointer handling
- CVE-2024-25074MEDIUMCVSS 5.9EG 5.92024-09-10
An issue was discovered in Samsung Semiconductor Mobile Processor and Modem Exynos 9820, Exynos 9825, Exynos 980, Exynos 990, Exynos 850, Exynos 1080, Exynos 2100, Exynos 2200, Exynos 1280, Exynos 1380, Exynos 1330, Exynos 9110, Exynos W92…
- CVE-2026-16005MEDIUMCVSS 5.8EG 5.82026-09-08
Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference in Armoury Crate driver allows a local user to free arbitrary memory via a crafted IOCTL request by bypassing the driver's verification, which can corrupt data structures and cause a system crash (BS…
- CVE-2026-98160MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52026-09-25
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: rtl8723bs: fix mismatched free of HalData in rtw_sdio_if1_init() padapter->HalData is allocated via vzalloc(), but incorrectly freed using kfree() in the rtw_sd…
- CVE-2026-63986MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52026-07-19
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: tsinfo: don't pass ERR_PTR to genlmsg_cancel on prepare failure The goto err label leads to: genlmsg_cancel(skb, ehdr); return ret; If ethnl_tsinfo_prepare_…
- CVE-2025-65116MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52026-04-07
Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 - Manager on Windows, JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 - Operations Director on Windows, Job Management Partner 1/IT Desktop Management 2 - Manager on Windows, JP1/IT Desktop Manageme…
- CVE-2022-49160MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52025-02-26
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: qla2xxx: Fix crash during module load unload test During purex packet handling the driver was incorrectly freeing a pre-allocated structure. Fix this by skipping t…
- CVE-2024-56573MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52024-12-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efi/libstub: Free correct pointer on failure cmdline_ptr is an out parameter, which is not allocated by the function itself, and likely points into the caller's stack. …
- CVE-2022-48835MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52024-07-16
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: mpt3sas: Page fault in reply q processing A page fault was encountered in mpt3sas on a LUN reset error path: [ 145.763216] mpt3sas_cm1: Task abort tm failed: han…
- CVE-2024-40979MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52024-07-12
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: fix kernel crash during resume Currently during resume, QMI target memory is not properly handled, resulting in kernel crash in case DMA remap is not suppo…
- CVE-2024-38617MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52024-06-19
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kunit/fortify: Fix mismatched kvalloc()/vfree() usage The kv*() family of tests were accidentally freeing with vfree() instead of kvfree(). Use kvfree() instead.
- CVE-2024-36890MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52024-05-30
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/slab: make __free(kfree) accept error pointers Currently, if an automatically freed allocation is an error pointer that will lead to a crash. An example of this is i…
- CVE-2021-47387MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52024-05-21
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: schedutil: Use kobject release() method to free sugov_tunables The struct sugov_tunables is protected by the kobject, so we can't free it directly. Otherwise we…
- CVE-2021-47221MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52024-05-21
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/slub: actually fix freelist pointer vs redzoning It turns out that SLUB redzoning ("slub_debug=Z") checks from s->object_size rather than from s->inuse (which is norm…
- CVE-2024-35832MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52024-05-17
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bcachefs: kvfree bch_fs::snapshots in bch2_fs_snapshots_exit bch_fs::snapshots is allocated by kvzalloc in __snapshot_t_mut. It should be freed by kvfree not kfree. Or u…
- CVE-2022-46486MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52023-12-30
A lack of pointer-validation logic in the __scone_dispatch component of SCONE before v5.8.0 for Intel SGX allows attackers to access sensitive information.
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