Out-of-bounds Read Affecting uclibc package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (58th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-UCLIBC-279273
  • published16 Jun 2017
  • disclosed16 Jun 2017

Introduced: 16 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-9728  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:10 uclibc.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream uclibc package and not the uclibc package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

In uClibc 0.9.33.2, there is an out-of-bounds read in the get_subexp function in misc/regex/regexec.c when processing a crafted regular expression.