wordexp with WRDE_REUSE and WRDE_APPEND may return uninitialized memory_CVE-2025-15281

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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.",
    "published": "2026-01-20T13:22:46.495Z",
    "modified": "2026-01-22T19:21:38.455Z",
    "type": "cve",
    "title": "wordexp with WRDE_REUSE and WRDE_APPEND may return uninitialized memory",
    "source": "glibc",
    "references": "https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33814",
    "id": "CVE-2025-15281",
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