CVE-2019-9192

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
—
EPSS
2%
Percentile
84.2
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 '(|)(\\1\\1)*' in grep, a different issue than CVE-2018-20796. NOTE: the software maintainer disputes that this is a vulnerability because the behavior occurs only with a crafted pattern

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02447 · 84.2th percentile
Published
2019-02-26T18:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 FEB 18:00Z
    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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