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CVE-2018-20796
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2019-02-26T02:29:00.450 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:53:29.553

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.

Affected products

gnu — glibc

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