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.
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| https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33814 |
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Tue, 20 Jan 2026 13:45:00 +0000
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| 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. | |
| Title | wordexp with WRDE_REUSE and WRDE_APPEND may return uninitialized memory | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-908 | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: glibc
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Updated: 2026-01-20T13:22:46.495Z
Reserved: 2025-12-29T20:07:29.736Z
Link: CVE-2025-15281
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-01-20T14:16:07.843
Modified: 2026-01-20T14:16:07.843
Link: CVE-2025-15281
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