VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2019-9192
NOTE: the software maintainer disputes that this is a vulnerability because the behavior occurs only with a crafted pattern
HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.43%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.43% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-674
- Affected
- gnu/glibc
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24269Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K26346590?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24269Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K26346590?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.