CVE-2018-13843

Published: Jul 10, 2018Modified: Nov 21, 2024

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

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

Affected (1)

Products: Htslib: Htslib

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Htslib Htslib	Version 1.8

Related CWEs

Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime

The product does not release a resource after its effective lifetime has ended, i.e., after the resource is no longer needed.

References (2)

https://github.com/samtools/htslib/issues/731#issue-339662537

Source: cve@mitre.org

ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory

https://github.com/samtools/htslib/issues/731#issue-339662537

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory

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