CVE-2025-15281

HIGH SEVERITY

CVSS Score & Metrics

Base Score

7.5 / 10

Vector String

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

Vulnerability 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.

Vulnerability Details

Published Date

January 20, 2026

Last Modified

January 26, 2026

CWE ID

CWE-908

Source

NVD

Vendor

The GNU C Library

Product

glibc

External References

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33814
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/3

CVE-2025-15281

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