What is CVE-2025-44906?

CVE-2025-44906 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jhead Project, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-05-30.

How severe is CVE-2025-44906?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Use After Free in Jhead Project

CVE-2025-44906

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

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

Published 2025-05-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (15.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 16th percentile — 15.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Jhead Project — versions 3.08

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

github.com/madao123123/crash_report/blob/main/jhead/jhead.md (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-44906?: CVE-2025-44906 is a high-severity vulnerability in Jhead Project, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-05-30.
How severe is CVE-2025-44906?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.