CVE-2018-20796

Summary

CVECVE-2018-20796
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-02-26 02:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:56:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-674

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Glibc All All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Backup All All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Backup All All All All
Application Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility - All All All
Application Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility - All All All
Application Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage - All All All
Application Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
myF5 support.f5.com
Re: bug#34141: Stackoverflow triggered at lib/regexec.c:1948 MISC lists.gnu.org Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
March 2019 GNU C Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
#34141 - Stackoverflow triggered at lib/regexec.c:1948 - GNU bug report logs MISC debbugs.gnu.org Exploit, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
GNU glibc Stack Buffer Overflow and Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
support.f5.com/csp/article/K26346590 CONFIRM support.f5.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900018 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for glibc 2.28
  • 902962 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for glibc (1938)
  • 906106 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for glibc (1938-1)
© CVE.report 2026 |

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report