🛡️ CVE-2025-55014

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
• Scope: Changed — a successful attack reaches components beyond the vulnerable one.
• Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
• Integrity impact: None.
• Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2025-55014 is classified as CWE-402: Transmission of Private Resources into a New Sphere ('Resource Leak'). The product makes resources available to untrusted parties when those resources are only intended to be accessed by the product.

Affected software

CVE-2025-55014 is recorded against 1 package.

• unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 4 August 2025 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

bugs.debian.org
lists.debian.org
packages.debian.org
packages.debian.org
stardict-4.sourceforge.net
www.openwall.com
www.openwall.com
lwn.net
news.ycombinator.com

Other advisories for this package

unknown has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2022-4995 (9.8 Critical, published 7 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2022-4994 (published 30 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-49900 (9.8 Critical, published 16 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-49899 (9.8 Critical, published 16 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-4990 (published 3 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-4989 (published 3 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-50973 (9.8 Critical, published 2 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-20572 (published 26 Jun 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-402: Transmission of Private Resources into a New Sphere ('Resource Leak')) in other software:

• CVE-2025-48383 (8.2 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2025-67745 (7.1 High, published 18 Dec 2025)
• CVE-2024-32388 (5.3 Medium, published 1 Dec 2025)
• CVE-2025-66422 (4.3 Medium, published 30 Nov 2025)
• CVE-2025-49618 (5.8 Medium, published 3 Jul 2025)
• CVE-2025-52925 (5.0 Medium, published 2 Jul 2025)
• CVE-2025-32360 (4.2 Medium, published 5 Apr 2025)
• CVE-2025-29925 (8.0 High, published 19 Mar 2025)

CVE-2025-55014 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

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