CVE-2018-13843
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.37%
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
How to fix CVE-2018-13843
To remediate CVE-2018-13843, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/htslib—upgrade to 1.9-2 or later
Is CVE-2018-13843 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.9-2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |