CVE-2025-15281

⚠️ high

Summary

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.

CVSS Score

7.5

High

EPSS Score

0.1

Exploit Probability

Published Date

2026-01-20

First Seen: 2026-01-28

📊 Relative Risk Intelligence

This CVE is Moderate Risk - more severe than 68.9% of all 329,456 vulnerabilities in our database.

#102,448

Above average severity

Severity Percentile

🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: Jan 22, 2026

🔍 Exploitation Status

None

No known exploits

⚙️ Automatable

YES

Can be exploited automatically

💥 Technical Impact

Partial

Limited system impact

🏆 Discovered By

Vitaly Simonovich

SSVC data provided by CISA

Last Modified 2026-02-05

Source NVD 🔗

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

CWE IDs (Weakness Types)

CWE-908

📦 Affected Products 1

Vendor	Product	Status	Affected Versions
gnu	glibc	Affected	> 2.0 < 2.43

🔗 References 2

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

Issue Tracking Patch

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

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

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