CVE-2025-15281
Published: January 21, 2026Last modified: January 23, 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.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.5 |
| Attack Vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | glibc | Fixed (2.37.0-r21) |
| 25 LTS | glibc | Fixed (2.39.0-r6) | |
| Stream | glibc | Fixed (2.39.0-r7) | |
| Hardened Containers | 23 LTS | glibc | Fixed (2.37.0-r21) |
| 25 LTS | glibc | Fixed (2.39.0-r6) | |
| Stream | glibc | Fixed (2.39.0-r7) |