CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2009-5155
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.91%
Original NVD Description
In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.28, parse_reg_exp in posix/regcomp.c misparses alternatives, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) or trigger an incorrect result by attempting a regular-expression match.
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