VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-9169

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability4.73%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-02-26
Last modified2026-10-14
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

Primary references