CVE-2019-9169

glibc: regular-expression match via proceed_next_node in posix/regexec.c leads to heap-based buffer over-read

Published Feb 26, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS 4.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.29, proceed_next_node in posix/regexec.c has a heap-based buffer over-read via an attempted case-insensitive regular-expression match.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-18547 In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.29, proceed_next_node in posix/regexec.c has a heap-based buffer over-read via an attempted case-insensitive regular-expression match.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4416-1 GNU C Library vulnerabilities
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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.11071}

epss

{'score': 0.1003}