CVE-2020-36403
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.45%
Description
HTSlib through 1.10.2 allows out-of-bounds write access in vcf_parse_format (called from vcf_parse and vcf_read).
How to fix CVE-2020-36403
To remediate CVE-2020-36403, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/htslib—upgrade to 1.11-1 or later
Is CVE-2020-36403 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.11-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |