MEDIUM 6.2 Microsoft
CVE-2025-15281
wordexp with WRDE_REUSE and WRDE_APPEND may return uninitialized memory
Microsoft Security Update 2026-Jan: wordexp with WRDE_REUSE and WRDE_APPEND may return uninitialized memory
Affected Products
- azl3 glibc 2.38-16 on Azure Linux 3.0
- azl3 glibc 2.38-18 on Azure Linux 3.0
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-15281
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15281
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.2 was published on 2026-01-13 via Microsoft. Affected: azl3 glibc 2.38-16 on Azure Linux 3.0, azl3 glibc 2.38-18 on Azure Linux 3.0.
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