CVE-2025-15281
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.09%
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.
How to fix CVE-2025-15281
No fixed version has been published yet. Mitigate by removing the affected package or applying upstream guidance from the references below.
- Debian/glibc—no fix listed
Is CVE-2025-15281 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |