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
139 active CVEs classified under this weakness category. Sourced from NVD, GHSA, and vendor advisories. Full definition on MITRE →
CVEs classified under CWE-763page 3 of 3
- 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.
- CVE-2023-31082MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52023-04-24
An issue was discovered in drivers/tty/n_gsm.c in the Linux kernel 6.2. There is a sleeping function called from an invalid context in gsmld_write, which will block the kernel. Note: This has been disputed by 3rd parties as not a valid vul…
- CVE-2020-27798MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52022-08-25
An invalid memory address reference was discovered in the adjABS function in p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX 4.0.0 via a crafted Mach-O file.
- CVE-2020-27797MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52022-08-25
An invalid memory address reference was discovered in the elf_lookup function in p_lx_elf.cpp in UPX 4.0.0 via a crafted Mach-O file.
- CVE-2021-45261MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52021-12-22
An Invalid Pointer vulnerability exists in GNU patch 2.7 via the another_hunk function, which causes a Denial of Service.
- CVE-2020-28941MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52020-11-19
An issue was discovered in drivers/accessibility/speakup/spk_ttyio.c in the Linux kernel through 5.9.9. Local attackers on systems with the speakup driver could cause a local denial of service attack, aka CID-d41227544427. This occurs beca…
- CVE-2020-8715MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52020-08-13
Invalid pointer for some Intel(R) Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute Modules before version 1.59 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
- CVE-2019-20632MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52020-03-24
An issue was discovered in libgpac.a in GPAC before 0.8.0, as demonstrated by MP4Box. It contains an invalid pointer dereference in gf_odf_delete_descriptor in odf/desc_private.c that can cause a denial of service via a crafted MP4 file.
- CVE-2019-20631MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52020-03-24
An issue was discovered in libgpac.a in GPAC before 0.8.0, as demonstrated by MP4Box. It contains an invalid pointer dereference in gf_list_count in utils/list.c that can cause a denial of service via a crafted MP4 file.
- CVE-2019-20170MEDIUMCVSS 5.5EG 5.52019-12-31
An issue was discovered in GPAC version 0.8.0 and 0.9.0-development-20191109. There is an invalid pointer dereference in the function GF_IPMPX_AUTH_Delete() in odf/ipmpx_code.c.
- CVE-2026-68908MEDIUMCVSS 5.3EG 5.32026-10-16
libIEC61850 is an open-source implementation of IEC 61850 client and server protocols including MMS, GOOSE, Sampled Values, and R-Session. Prior to 1.6.2, Reporting_RCBWriteAccessHandler accepts an RptID longer than 129 bytes in the report…
- CVE-2025-54333MEDIUMCVSS 5.3EG 5.32025-11-04
An issue was discovered in NPU in Samsung Mobile Processor Exynos 1380 through July 2025. There is an Invalid Pointer Dereference of node in the get_vs4l_profiler_node function.
- CVE-2020-24371MEDIUMCVSS 5.3EG 5.32020-08-17
lgc.c in Lua 5.4.0 mishandles the interaction between barriers and the sweep phase, leading to a memory access violation involving collectgarbage.
- CVE-2015-2695MEDIUMCVSS v2 5.0EG 5.02015-11-09
lib/gssapi/spnego/spnego_mech.c in MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) before 1.14 relies on an inappropriate context handle, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (incorrect pointer read and process crash) via a crafted SPNEGO …
- CVE-2020-13132MEDIUMCVSS 4.6EG 4.62020-07-09
An issue was discovered in Yubico libykpiv before 2.1.0. An attacker can trigger an incorrect free() in the ykpiv_util_generate_key() function in lib/util.c through incorrect error handling code. This could be used to cause a denial of ser…
- CVE-2026-15718MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32026-07-14
We are aware that exploit code for this is public however we are not aware of any attacks in the wild abusing this flaw. This vulnerability was fixed in Firefox 152.0.6, Firefox ESR 140.13, and Thunderbird 140.13.
- CVE-2024-50057LOWCVSS 3.3EG 3.32024-10-21
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: typec: tipd: Free IRQ only if it was requested before In polling mode, if no IRQ was requested there is no need to free it. Call devm_free_irq() only if client->irq…
- CVE-2026-119341UnratedEG not assessed2026-10-30
Tesseract is an open source OCR engine. Prior to 5.5.4, ReadAdaptedClass in src/classify/adaptive.cpp raw-reads an ADAPT_CLASS_STRUCT from a pre-adapted-template .a file without neutralizing TempProtos and Config pointer fields before any …
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