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 '(\227|)(\\1\\1|t1|\\\2537)+' in grep.
Published: 2019-02-26
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 1.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-13339 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 '(\227|)(\\1\\1|t1|\\\2537)+' in grep.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:12:28.627Z

Reserved: 2019-02-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-20796

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Status : Modified

Published: 2019-02-26T02:29:00.450

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:02:11.827

Link: CVE-2018-20796

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Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2019-01-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-20796 - Bugzilla

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