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CVE-2019-9169 GNU glibc

Affected softwareGNU glibc
Severity9.8 Critical CVSS 3.1 2 scores
WeaknessOut-of-bounds read (CWE-125)
Published26 Feb 2019
Updated14 Oct 2026

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.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 7 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 4.7% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

CVSS

9.8 CRITICAL v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 7.5 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

6 products, 10 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd canonical ubuntu linux generic 16.04 · 18.04 · 19.10
nvd gnu glibc generic ≤ 2.29
nvd mcafee web gateway generic ≥ 7.7.2.0 and < 7.7.2.21 · ≥ 7.8.2.0 and < 7.8.2.8 · ≥ 8.0.0 and < 8.1.1
nvd netapp cloud backup generic any version
nvd netapp ontap select deploy administration utility generic any version
nvd netapp steelstore cloud integrated storage generic any version

References

URLTags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107160 Broken Link
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=34140 Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=34142 Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10278 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-04 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190315-0002/ Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24114 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=583dd860d5b833037175247230a328f0050dbfe9
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K54823184 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4416-1/ Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published2019-02-26By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-10-14NVD's own last-modified date for this record.