7.5
High
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…
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.
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| glibc 2.0 | 2.0 → 2.42 | No fix stated |
References
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