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TI-2018-10040 Aliases CVE-2018-13843GHSA-fqfp-r4jq-mf88

An issue has been found in HTSlib 1.8.

Priority LOW 36CWE-772Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-772.

Summary

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

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01472 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:htslib:htslib:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.8VulnerableHtslib
  • cpe:2.3:a:htslib:htslib:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.8 Vulnerable ·Htslib

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-13843
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fqfp-r4jq-mf88

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2017-14524 samtools htslib library version 1.4.0 and earlier is vulnerable to buffer overflow in the… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-10042 An issue has been found in HTSlib 1.8. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-24512 HTSlib CRAM decoder vulnerable to buffer overflow CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2026-24507 HTSlib CRAM reader has heap buffer overflow due to improper validation of input CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2026-24506 HTSlib CRAM reader has heap buffer overflow due to improper validation of input CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2020-18654 HTSlib through 1.10.2 allows out-of-bounds write access in vcf_parse_format (called from vcf_parse and vcf_read). CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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