CVE-2019-9169

high-risk
Published 2019-02-26

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.

Do I need to act?

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12.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 88% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Vendors

58
/ 100
high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 12/34 · Low
Exposure 14/34 · Moderate