CVE-2025-15281
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.29%
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
To remediate CVE-2025-15281, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/glibc—upgrade to 2.31-13+deb11u14 or later
Is CVE-2025-15281 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.31-13+deb11u14
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 |