CVE-2025-5745

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 16.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.6 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-06-05 19:20Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-06-05 20:13Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2025-06-05

Assigning CNA

glibc

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.6)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses

• CWE-665Improper InitializationClass
• CWE-404Improper Resource Shutdown or ReleaseClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

3c36b534f92b9540c6f65d26997d903121df1a373197bc14ef89a47cd6695ba3

• sourceware.orghttps://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=33060