CVE-2019-9169

CRITICAL

GNU Glibc < 2.29 - Out-of-Bounds Read

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

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.

References (11)

Core 11
Core References
Broken Link vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107160
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-04
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4416-1/
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10278
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190315-0002/
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24114
Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=34142
Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=34140
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K54823184

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0708
EPSS Percentile 91.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-125
Status published
Products (8)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 19.10
gnu/glibc < 2.29
mcafee/web_gateway 7.7.2.0 - 7.7.2.21
netapp/cloud_backup
netapp/ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility
netapp/steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage
Published Feb 26, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026