CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-13843

** DISPUTED ** An issue has been found in HTSlib 1.8. It is a memory leak in bgzf_getline in bgzf.c. NOTE: the software maintainer's position is that the "failure to free memory" can be fixed in applications that use the HTSlib library (such as test/test_bgzf.c in the original report) and is not a library issue.

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/samtools/htslib/issues/731#issue-339662537 Exploit Patch
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:htslib:htslib:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-07-10 06:29

Updated : 2019-10-03 12:03

NVD link : CVE-2018-13843

Mitre link : CVE-2018-13843

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-772