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.

INFO

Published Date :

2026-01-20T13:22:46.495Z

Last Modified :

2026-01-22T19:21:38.455Z

Source :

glibc
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-15281 vulnerability.

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Gnu
  • Glibc
REFERENCES

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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/3 cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15281 cve-icon
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33814 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-15281 cve-icon
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