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CVE-2018-20796

ADVISORY - nist

Summary

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 '(\227|)(\1\1|t1|\\2537)+' in grep.

EPSS Score⁠: 0.0044 (0.753)

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

ADVISORY - nist

CWE-674⁠

Uncontrolled Recursion

ADVISORY - redhat

CWE-674⁠

Uncontrolled Recursion

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Advisories

NIST

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2018-20796⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

3.9

EXPLOITS FOUND
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)
CWE-674⁠

CVSS SCORE

7.5high

Debian

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2018-20796⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Alow

Ubuntu

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2018-20796⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

3.9

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

7.5low

Red Hat

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2018-20796⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

3.9

EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)
CWE-674⁠

CVSS SCORE

5.3medium

intheWild

CREATED

UPDATED

ADVISORY IDCVE-2018-20796⁠
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

-

EXPLOITS FOUND

-

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-
RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY