Out-of-Bounds Affecting htslib package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-HTSLIB-286187
  • published17 Nov 2017
  • disclosed17 Nov 2017

Introduced: 17 Nov 2017

CVE-2017-1000206  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (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.

samtools htslib library version 1.4.0 and earlier is vulnerable to buffer overflow in the CRAM rANS codec resulting in potential arbitrary code execution