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CVE-2025-8058

glibc: Double free in glibc

Severity Score

5.9
*CVSS v4

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track
*SSVC
Descriptions

The regcomp function in the GNU C library version from 2.4 to 2.41 is subject to a double free if some previous allocation fails. It can be accomplished either by a malloc failure or by using an interposed malloc that injects random malloc failures. The double free can allow buffer manipulation depending of how the regex is constructed. This issue affects all architectures and ABIs supported by the GNU C library.

A double-free vulnerability has been discovered in glibc (GNU C Library). This flaw occurs during bracket expression parsing within the regcomp function, specifically when a memory allocation failure takes place. Exploitation of a double-free vulnerability can lead to memory corruption, which could enable an attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution or a denial of service condition.

Vitaly Simonovich discovered that the GNU C Library did not properly initialize the input when WRDE_REUSE is used. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications to crash, leading to a denial of service. Anastasia Belova discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled the regcomp function when memory allocation failures occured. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause applications to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Attack Requirements
Present
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Passive
System
Vulnerable | Subsequent
Confidentiality
Low
Low
Integrity
Low
Low
Availability
High
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Partial
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2025-07-22 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-07-23 CVE Published
  • 2025-11-04 CVE Updated
  • 2026-03-07 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-415: Double Free
CAPEC
  • CAPEC-123: Buffer Manipulation
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
The GNU C Library
Search vendor "The GNU C Library"
 Glibc
Search vendor "The GNU C Library" for product "Glibc"
 >= 2.4 < 2.42
Search vendor "The GNU C Library" for product "Glibc" and version " >= 2.4 < 2.42"
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Affected