CVE-2019-9169
Critical
CVE-2019-9169
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.
Exploit probability
4.7%
Published
February 26, 2019
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 19, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
1213 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2019-9169
View original source
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107160
- https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=34140
- https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=34142
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10278
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-04
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190315-0002/
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24114
- https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=583dd860d5b833037175247230a328f0050dbfe9
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K54823184
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4416-1/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html