CVE-2019-9169
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 4.7% (pctl 92)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 4.73% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-125 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2019-02-26 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (6)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| gnu | glibc |
| mcafee | web gateway |
| netapp | cloud backup |
| netapp | ontap select deploy administration utility |
| netapp | steelstore cloud integrated storage |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107160
- https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=34140
- https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=34142
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10278
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-04
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190315-0002/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24114
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=583dd860d5b833037175247230a328f0050dbfe9
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K54823184
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4416-1/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107160
- https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=34140
- https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=34142
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10278
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-04
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190315-0002/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24114
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=583dd860d5b833037175247230a328f0050dbfe9
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K54823184
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD