CVE-2025-44906

HIGH
2025-05-30 [email protected]
7.8
CVSS 3.1
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CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Analysis Generated
Mar 28, 2026 - 18:44 vuln.today
PoC Detected
Jun 19, 2025 - 00:57 vuln.today
Public exploit code
CVE Published
May 30, 2025 - 04:15 nvd
HIGH 7.8

Tags

Use After Free Memory Corruption Information Disclosure Jhead Suse

Description

jhead v3.08 was discovered to contain a heap-use-after-free via the ProcessFile function at jhead.c.

Analysis

jhead v3.08 was discovered to contain a heap-use-after-free via the ProcessFile function at jhead.c. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Technical Context

This vulnerability is classified as Use After Free (CWE-416), which allows attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. jhead v3.08 was discovered to contain a heap-use-after-free via the ProcessFile function at jhead.c. Affected products include: Jhead Project Jhead.

Affected Products

Jhead Project Jhead.

Remediation

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use smart pointers or garbage-collected languages. Set pointers to NULL after freeing. Enable memory sanitizers.

Priority Score

59
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: +0.1
CVSS: +39
POC: +20

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