Scope: Integrity
Impact: Modify Memory
Notes: The use of previously freed memory may corrupt valid data, if the memory area in question has been allocated and used properly elsewhere.
Scope: Availability
Impact: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart
Notes: If chunk consolidation occurs after the use of previously freed data, the process may crash when invalid data is used as chunk information.
Scope: Integrity, Confidentiality, Availability
Impact: Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands
Notes: If malicious data is entered before chunk consolidation can take place, it may be possible to take advantage of a write-what-where primitive to execute arbitrary code. If the newly allocated data happens to hold a class, in C++ for example, various function pointers may be scattered within the heap data. If one of these function pointers is overwritten with an address to valid shellcode, execution of arbitrary code can be achieved.