VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-16163
Oniguruma before 6.9.3 allows Stack Exhaustion in regcomp.c because of recursion in regparse.c.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.75%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.75%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Oniguruma before 6.9.3 allows Stack Exhaustion in regcomp.c because of recursion in regparse.c.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.75% probability · 85th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-674
- Affected
- oniguruma project/oniguruma · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/commit/4097828d7cc87589864fecf452f2cd46c5f37180Patch
- https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/compare/v6.9.2...v6.9.3Patch, Release Notes
- https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/issues/147Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NWOWZZNFSAWM3BUTQNAE3PD44A6JU4KE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZW47MSFZ6WYOAOFXHBDGU4LYACFRKC2Y/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4460-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/commit/4097828d7cc87589864fecf452f2cd46c5f37180Patch
- https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/compare/v6.9.2...v6.9.3Patch, Release Notes
- https://github.com/kkos/oniguruma/issues/147Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NWOWZZNFSAWM3BUTQNAE3PD44A6JU4KE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZW47MSFZ6WYOAOFXHBDGU4LYACFRKC2Y/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4460-1/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.