Out-of-bounds Read Affecting htslib package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-HTSLIB-286175
  • published11 Jul 2018
  • disclosed10 Jul 2018

Introduced: 10 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-13845  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 htslib.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream htslib package and not the htslib package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue has been found in HTSlib 1.8. It is a buffer over-read in sam_parse1 in sam.c.