CVE-2019-9169

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 10
Modified
Published: 26 Feb 2019, 02:00
Last modified:04 Aug 2024, 21:38

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.8 CRITICAL
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
4.95% LOW
5% probability -8.79%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
2 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

26 Feb 2019, 02:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Aug 2024, 21:38
Last Modified
Vulnerability 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

  • v3.1•CRITICAL•Score: 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 4.95%• Percentile: 90%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-125•Out-of-bounds Read

    The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

Affected Systems

  • canonical•ubuntu_linux

    16.04 | 18.04 | 19.10

  • gnu•glibc

    ≤ 2.29

  • mcafee•web_gateway

    ≥ 7.7.2.0, < 7.7.2.21 | ≥ 7.8.2.0, < 7.8.2.8 | ≥ 8.0.0, < 8.1.1

  • netapp•ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility

    na

  • netapp•steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage

    na

References (11)