VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2019-9192

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.45%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-02-26
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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 '(|)(\\1\\1)*' in grep, a different issue than CVE-2018-20796. NOTE: the software maintainer disputes that this is a vulnerability because the behavior occurs only with a crafted pattern

Weakness classification

  • CWE-674: Uncontrolled Recursion

Primary references