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TI-2017-07117 Aliases CVE-2017-9729GHSA-c2v6-69qq-j8h4

In uClibc 0.9.33.2, there is stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) in the…

Priority LOW 35CWE-674Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-674.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01079 65th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:uclibc:uclibc:0.9.33.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.33.2VulnerableuClibC
  • cpe:2.3:a:uclibc:uclibc:0.9.33.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.33.2 Vulnerable ·uClibC

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-9729
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c2v6-69qq-j8h4

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2022-11964 Memory corruption in Anker Eufy Homebase 2 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-19416 In uClibc and uClibc-ng before 1.0.39, incorrect handling of special characters in domain… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
  • TI-2017-07116 In uClibc 0.9.33.2, there is an out-of-bounds read in the get_subexp function in… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-12530 uClibc-ng through 1.0.40 and uClibc through 0.9.33.2 use predictable DNS transaction IDs… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2016-05366 Integer signedness error in libc/string/arm/memset.S in uClibc and uClibc-ng before… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

Sources

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