9.8

CVE-2019-9169: canonical ubuntu_linux Out-of-bounds Read

Modified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2019:14084-1UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9169DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9169
Published 26-02-2019Last modified 14-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-9169 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 4.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Priority
Prioritisepublic exploit

Public exploit (reference, Date unknown)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.73%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits2reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 6
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10792-1RHSA-2021:1585SUSE-SU-2019:1102-1SUSE-SU-2019:1877-1SUSE-SU-2019:1958-1SUSE-SU-2019:1958-2

Timeline

  1. 26-02-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 14-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 3 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

4.73%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 4.73% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (debbugs.gnu.org)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (debbugs.gnu.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Netapp2 products
Suse2 products
  • glibc&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11 SP3< 2.11.3-17.110.33.1
  • glibc&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4-LTSS< 2.11.3-17.110.33.1
Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
  • glibc< 2.28-9
Gnu1 product
Mcafee1 product
  • web_gateway≥ 7.7.2.0, < 7.7.2.21 | ≥ 7.8.2.0, < 7.8.2.8 | ≥ 8.0.0, < 8.1.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • glibc< 2.23-0ubuntu11.2 | < 2.27-3ubuntu1.2

7 vendors · 9 products

References

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