CVE-2025-15281

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-908

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
The GNU C Library	glibc	>= 2.0, <= 2.42

References

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33814Issue Tracking, Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jan 20, 2026
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Analyzed

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