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.
Published: 2019-02-26
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 4.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-18547 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4416-1 GNU C Library vulnerabilities
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.11071}

epss

{'score': 0.1003}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T21:38:46.578Z

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

Link: CVE-2019-9169

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Status : Modified

Published: 2019-02-26T02:29:00.497

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:51:07.870

Link: CVE-2019-9169

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Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2019-9169 - Bugzilla

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