CVE•Published 2019-02-26•Modified 2026-10-14•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2019-9169Gnu · Glibc
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
92
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 8% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
In the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) through 2.29, proceed_next_node in posix/regexec.c has a heap-based buffer over-read via an attempted case-insensitive regular-expression match.
Timeline
Published 2019-02-26
Modified 2026-10-14
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag40 hosts
vuln:CVE-2019-9169Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Gnu Glibc"All exposed Gnu Glibc instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Glibc"HTTP body or banner mentions "Glibc" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2019-9169Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2019-9169Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2019-9169Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2019-9169GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2019-9169" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.