CWE-416
AllowedUse After Free
Abstraction: Variant · Status: Stable
The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.
9821 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-QR4J-65QH-7738
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-14 18:32 – Updated: 2026-07-14 18:32Use after free in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-07-14T17:16:51Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "Use after free in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.",
"id": "GHSA-qr4j-65qh-7738",
"modified": "2026-07-14T18:32:00Z",
"published": "2026-07-14T18:32:00Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-49167"
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"url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-49167"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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GHSA-QR52-2H56-3572
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-08 00:31 – Updated: 2024-05-08 00:31Foxit PDF Editor Stamp Annotation Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Editor. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
The specific flaw exists within the handling of Annotation objects. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-14356.
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"nvd_published_at": "2024-05-07T23:15:09Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "Foxit PDF Editor Stamp Annotation Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Editor. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.\n\nThe specific flaw exists within the handling of Annotation objects. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-14356.",
"id": "GHSA-qr52-2h56-3572",
"modified": "2024-05-08T00:31:13Z",
"published": "2024-05-08T00:31:13Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-34955"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1186"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-QR6C-MGW3-XXQ8
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-05-21 15:31 – Updated: 2024-12-26 21:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
atm: iphase: fix possible use-after-free in ia_module_exit()
This module's remove path calls del_timer(). However, that function does not wait until the timer handler finishes. This means that the timer handler may still be running after the driver's remove function has finished, which would result in a use-after-free.
Fix by calling del_timer_sync(), which makes sure the timer handler has finished, and unable to re-schedule itself.
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"nvd_published_at": "2024-05-21T15:15:22Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\natm: iphase: fix possible use-after-free in ia_module_exit()\n\nThis module\u0027s remove path calls del_timer(). However, that function\ndoes not wait until the timer handler finishes. This means that the\ntimer handler may still be running after the driver\u0027s remove function\nhas finished, which would result in a use-after-free.\n\nFix by calling del_timer_sync(), which makes sure the timer handler\nhas finished, and unable to re-schedule itself.",
"id": "GHSA-qr6c-mgw3-xxq8",
"modified": "2024-12-26T21:30:36Z",
"published": "2024-05-21T15:31:43Z",
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c72e6ab66b9598cac741ed397438a52065a8f1f"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a832ee2f2145f57443b2d565f8cb5490e8339f42"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b58d246a058ae88484758cd4ab27b3180fd5ecf8"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcdd2be48edd8c6867fb44112cb8d18086beae29"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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GHSA-QR83-G76R-XRJW
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-02-15 00:02 – Updated: 2022-03-31 00:00Use after free in Safe browsing in Google Chrome prior to 97.0.4692.99 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.
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"nvd_published_at": "2022-02-12T02:15:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "Use after free in Safe browsing in Google Chrome prior to 97.0.4692.99 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page.",
"id": "GHSA-qr83-g76r-xrjw",
"modified": "2022-03-31T00:00:57Z",
"published": "2022-02-15T00:02:52Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0289"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2022/01/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_19.html"
},
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"url": "https://crbug.com/1284367"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/166547/Chrome-safe_browsing-ThreatDetails-OnReceivedThreatDOMDetails-Use-After-Free.html"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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GHSA-QR84-8H9R-MCX5
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 02:32 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:35Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 11.0.19 and earlier, 15.006.30280 and earlier, 15.023.20070 and earlier have an exploitable use after free vulnerability in the XML Forms Architecture (XFA) engine. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.
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"nvd_published_at": "2017-04-12T14:59:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 11.0.19 and earlier, 15.006.30280 and earlier, 15.023.20070 and earlier have an exploitable use after free vulnerability in the XML Forms Architecture (XFA) engine. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution.",
"id": "GHSA-qr84-8h9r-mcx5",
"modified": "2025-04-20T03:35:55Z",
"published": "2022-05-17T02:32:27Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3035"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-11.html"
},
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"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97550"
},
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"url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038228"
},
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"url": "http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-261"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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]
}
GHSA-QRC7-3P69-2JPF
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-05-31 00:31 – Updated: 2023-11-25 12:30Use after free in PDF in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.90 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file. (Chromium security severity: High)
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-2933"
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"nvd_published_at": "2023-05-30T22:15:10Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "Use after free in PDF in Google Chrome prior to 114.0.5735.90 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file. (Chromium security severity: High)",
"id": "GHSA-qrc7-3p69-2jpf",
"modified": "2023-11-25T12:30:22Z",
"published": "2023-05-31T00:31:05Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2933"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2023/05/stable-channel-update-for-desktop_30.html"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://crbug.com/1445426"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202311-11"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-34"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5418"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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]
}
GHSA-QRF5-GH6V-GV6G
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-02-16 00:30 – Updated: 2024-08-15 21:31In multiple functions of MtpFfsHandle.cpp , there is a possible out of bounds write due to a use after free. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.
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"nvd_published_at": "2024-02-15T23:15:08Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "In multiple functions of MtpFfsHandle.cpp , there is a possible out of bounds write due to a use after free. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.",
"id": "GHSA-qrf5-gh6v-gv6g",
"modified": "2024-08-15T21:31:17Z",
"published": "2024-02-16T00:30:28Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40114"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/2fdf54b050f728fd965c9afdd03116e9b9dafbae"
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"url": "https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-11-01"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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]
}
GHSA-QRH7-H2P9-G6JX
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-02-11 18:31 – Updated: 2025-02-11 18:31Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-21392"
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-02-11T18:15:37Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability",
"id": "GHSA-qrh7-h2p9-g6jx",
"modified": "2025-02-11T18:31:40Z",
"published": "2025-02-11T18:31:40Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21392"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-21392"
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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GHSA-QRHX-X8X3-MM5Q
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-11-09 12:30 – Updated: 2025-11-04 00:32In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: Fix use-after-free in get_info()
ip6table_nat module unload has refcnt warning for UAF. call trace is:
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 379 at kernel/module/main.c:853 module_put+0x6f/0x80 Modules linked in: ip6table_nat(-) CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 379 Comm: ip6tables Not tainted 6.12.0-rc4-00047-gc2ee9f594da8-dirty #205 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:module_put+0x6f/0x80 Call Trace: get_info+0x128/0x180 do_ip6t_get_ctl+0x6a/0x430 nf_getsockopt+0x46/0x80 ipv6_getsockopt+0xb9/0x100 rawv6_getsockopt+0x42/0x190 do_sock_getsockopt+0xaa/0x180 __sys_getsockopt+0x70/0xc0 __x64_sys_getsockopt+0x20/0x30 do_syscall_64+0xa2/0x1a0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
Concurrent execution of module unload and get_info() trigered the warning. The root cause is as follows:
cpu0 cpu1 module_exit //mod->state = MODULE_STATE_GOING ip6table_nat_exit xt_unregister_template kfree(t) //removed from templ_list getinfo() t = xt_find_table_lock list_for_each_entry(tmpl, &xt_templates[af]...) if (strcmp(tmpl->name, name)) continue; //table not found try_module_get list_for_each_entry(t, &xt_net->tables[af]...) return t; //not get refcnt module_put(t->me) //uaf unregister_pernet_subsys //remove table from xt_net list
While xt_table module was going away and has been removed from xt_templates list, we couldnt get refcnt of xt_table->me. Check module in xt_net->tables list re-traversal to fix it.
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"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: Fix use-after-free in get_info()\n\nip6table_nat module unload has refcnt warning for UAF. call trace is:\n\nWARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 379 at kernel/module/main.c:853 module_put+0x6f/0x80\nModules linked in: ip6table_nat(-)\nCPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 379 Comm: ip6tables Not tainted 6.12.0-rc4-00047-gc2ee9f594da8-dirty #205\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996),\nBIOS rel-1.13.0-0-gf21b5a4aeb02-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:module_put+0x6f/0x80\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n get_info+0x128/0x180\n do_ip6t_get_ctl+0x6a/0x430\n nf_getsockopt+0x46/0x80\n ipv6_getsockopt+0xb9/0x100\n rawv6_getsockopt+0x42/0x190\n do_sock_getsockopt+0xaa/0x180\n __sys_getsockopt+0x70/0xc0\n __x64_sys_getsockopt+0x20/0x30\n do_syscall_64+0xa2/0x1a0\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nConcurrent execution of module unload and get_info() trigered the warning.\nThe root cause is as follows:\n\ncpu0\t\t\t\t cpu1\nmodule_exit\n//mod-\u003estate = MODULE_STATE_GOING\n ip6table_nat_exit\n xt_unregister_template\n\tkfree(t)\n\t//removed from templ_list\n\t\t\t\t getinfo()\n\t\t\t\t\t t = xt_find_table_lock\n\t\t\t\t\t\tlist_for_each_entry(tmpl, \u0026xt_templates[af]...)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (strcmp(tmpl-\u003ename, name))\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcontinue; //table not found\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttry_module_get\n\t\t\t\t\t\tlist_for_each_entry(t, \u0026xt_net-\u003etables[af]...)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn t; //not get refcnt\n\t\t\t\t\t module_put(t-\u003eme) //uaf\n unregister_pernet_subsys\n //remove table from xt_net list\n\nWhile xt_table module was going away and has been removed from\nxt_templates list, we couldnt get refcnt of xt_table-\u003eme. Check\nmodule in xt_net-\u003etables list re-traversal to fix it.",
"id": "GHSA-qrhx-x8x3-mm5q",
"modified": "2025-11-04T00:32:01Z",
"published": "2024-11-09T12:30:49Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50257"
},
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a1f088f9807f5166f58902d26246d0b88da03a8"
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"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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}
GHSA-QRPW-2C8V-5X85
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-10-14 19:00 – Updated: 2025-05-15 15:31The BT Hfp Client module has a Use-After-Free (UAF) vulnerability.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in arbitrary code execution.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-38983"
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"nvd_published_at": "2022-10-14T16:15:00Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
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"details": "The BT Hfp Client module has a Use-After-Free (UAF) vulnerability.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in arbitrary code execution.",
"id": "GHSA-qrpw-2c8v-5x85",
"modified": "2025-05-15T15:31:11Z",
"published": "2022-10-14T19:00:38Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38983"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2022/10"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://device.harmonyos.com/en/docs/security/update/security-bulletins-phones-202210-0000001416095697"
}
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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Mitigation
Strategy: Language Selection
Choose a language that provides automatic memory management.
Mitigation
Strategy: Attack Surface Reduction
When freeing pointers, be sure to set them to NULL once they are freed. However, the utilization of multiple or complex data structures may lower the usefulness of this strategy.
No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.