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…

published 2017-06-16 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-18660

cvss: 7.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

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red hat product security vex CVE-2017-9729 updated 2025-11-21

uclibc: Multiple vulnerabilities

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not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion

References

openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2017/06/16/4
mailing-list, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-9729
NVD CVE-2017-9729

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Summary