CVE-2018-20796

In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.29, check_dst_limits_calc_pos_1 in posix/regexec.c has Uncontrolled Recursion, as demonstrated by…

published February 26, 2019

CVSS
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EPSS
6%
Percentile
93.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.29, check_dst_limits_calc_pos_1 in posix/regexec.c has Uncontrolled Recursion, as demonstrated by '(\227|)(\\1\\1|t1|\\\2537)+' in grep.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.05804 · 93.1th percentile
Published
2019-02-26T02:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 FEB 02:00Z
    In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.29, check_dst_limits_calc_pos_1 in posix/regexec.c has Uncontrolled Recursion, as demonstrated by…
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