CVE-2018-13844

HIGH EPSS 69.9%
Published Jul 10, 20187y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.5 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Jul 10, 2018 7y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

An issue has been found in HTSlib 1.8. It is a memory leak in fai_read in faidx.c. NOTE: This has been disputed with the assertion that this vulnerability exists in the test harness and HTSlib users would be aware of the need to destruct this object returned by fai_load() in their own code

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.5
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
69.9% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-401

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
htslibhtslib1.8any

References 1

  • github.com https://github.com/samtools/htslib/issues/731#issuecomment-403675330
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.