GHSA-q6xr-rq9m-h889

GHSA-q6xr-rq9m-h889 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.699999809265137 HIGH

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 1, 2022

The gnu regular expression code in file 4.20 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted document with a large number of line feed characters, which is not well handled by OS/2 REXX regular expressions that use wildcards, as originally reported for AMaViS.

Risk scores

CVSS 4.0

8.699999809265137

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Timeline

May 1, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory

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vulnetix vdb vuln GHSA-q6xr-rq9m-h889
vulnetix vdb fixes GHSA-q6xr-rq9m-h889

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  "https://api.vdb.vulnetix.com/v2/vuln/GHSA-q6xr-rq9m-h889/fixes/registry"

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