CVE-2019-9192

high

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

References

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K26346590?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24269

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-02-26

Updated: 2024-08-04

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High