What is CVE-2017-9729?

CVE-2017-9729 is a high-severity vulnerability in Uclibc, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-06-16.

How severe is CVE-2017-9729?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Uclibc

CVE-2017-9729

In uClibc 0.9.33.2, there is stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) in the check_dst_limits_calc_pos_1 function in misc/regex/regexec.c when processing a crafted regular expression.

EPSS: 0.011 (61.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Uclibc — versions 0.9.33.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion

References

cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9729?: CVE-2017-9729 is a high-severity vulnerability in Uclibc, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-06-16.
How severe is CVE-2017-9729?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.