CVE-2009-5155

In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.28, parse_reg_exp in posix/regcomp.c misparses alternatives, which allows attackers to cause a denial of…

published February 26, 2019

CVSS
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EPSS
4%
Percentile
90.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.28, parse_reg_exp in posix/regcomp.c misparses alternatives, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) or trigger an incorrect result by attempting a regular-expression match.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.03906 · 90.2th percentile
Published
2019-02-26T02:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 FEB 02:00Z
    In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.28, parse_reg_exp in posix/regcomp.c misparses alternatives, which allows attackers to cause a denial of…
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