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CVE record · CVE-2021-35942

The wordexp function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) through 2.33 may crash or read arbitrary memory in parse_param (in posix/wordexp.c) when called with an untrusted, crafted pattern, potentially r…

CVSS 9.1 CriticalCriticalEPSS 0.028 · 86th percentile

Critical, because:

  • CVSS score 9.1: 9.0 or more.

How we decide what’s critical

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: mitre) at 22 Jul 2021, 00:00 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
Not given Not given
  • affected n/a
Identifiers
CVE-2021-35942
CNA
mitre
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-704
Tags
Published
22 Jul 2021
Updated
14 Oct 2026

Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
9.1 Critical 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H ADP (CISA-ADP)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.028, the 86th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 22 Jul 2021. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.