Use After Free Affecting Matthias-Wandel/jhead package, versions [0,]
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- published8 Jul 2025
- disclosed30 May 2025
- creditNPU Unmanned Systems Safety Laboratory
Introduced: 30 May 2025
CVE-2025-44906 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for Matthias-Wandel/jhead.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Use After Free via the ProcessFile function. An attacker can case a crash and potentially execute arbitrary code by exploiting the improper handling of memory in jpgfile.c during the use of ReadJpegSections