Vulnerability · Published May 30, 2025 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2025-44906
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity use-after-free in the jhead package (Debian). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 19% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 81.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
jhead v3.08 was discovered to contain a heap-use-after-free via the ProcessFile function at jhead.c.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | jhead | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-44906 |
| Debian:13 | jhead | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-44906 |
| Debian:14 | jhead | no fix listed | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-44906 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | jhead | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-44906 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | jhead | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-44906 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | jhead | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-44906 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | jhead | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-44906 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-416 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H