CVE-2025-15281 — wordexp with WRDE_REUSE and WRDE_APPEND may return uninitialized memory

CVE-2025-15281

wordexp with WRDE_REUSE and WRDE_APPEND may return uninitialized memory PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

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 (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
The GNU C Library / glibc	affected 2.0 through 2.42

CWE

CWE-908

References

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33814

ADP enrichment

CVE

No English description supplied.

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/3

CISA-ADP

No English description supplied.

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