# CVE-2025-8058: 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.

- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.42
- Published: 2025-07-23 · Updated: 2025-11-04

## Affected

- glibc: from 2.4, fixed in 2.42

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on glibc, upgrade to a fixed version (2.42) per the references below.
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## References

- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33185
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commit;h=3ff17af18c38727b88d9115e536c069e6b5d601f

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