CVE-2017-9729

Published: Jun 16, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

In uClibc 0.9.33.2, there is stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) in the check_dst_limits_calc_pos_1 function in misc/regex/regexec.c when processing a crafted regular expression.

Affected (1)

Products: Uclibc: Uclibc

Uclibc

1 product

Uclibc

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Uclibc Uclibc	Version 0.9.33.2

Related CWEs

CWE-674

Uncontrolled Recursion

The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.

References (2)

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/16/4

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/16/4

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

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