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CVE-2018-20796

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 5.80%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2019-02-26 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2018-20796
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
5.80%

Original NVD Description

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.

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