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CVE-2025-15281

Calling wordexp with WRDE_REUSE in conjunction with WRDE_APPEND in the GNU C Library version 2.0 to version 2.42 may cause the interface to return uninitialized memory in the we_wordv member, which on subsequent calls to wordfree may abort the process.

Published

2026-01-20T14:16:07.843

Last Modified

2026-02-05T17:43:18.630

Status

Analyzed

Source

3ff69d7a-14f2-4f67-a097-88dee7810d18

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-908

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	glibc	< 2.43	Yes

References

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33814 Issue Tracking, Patch (3ff69d7a-14f2-4f67-a097-88dee7810d18)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)