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TI-2018-10041 Aliases CVE-2018-13844GHSA-2f5j-prvf-gf42

An issue has been found in HTSlib 1.8.

Priority LOW 36CWE-401Published · 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 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-401.

Summary

An issue has been found in HTSlib 1.8. It is a memory leak in fai_read in faidx.c. NOTE: This has been disputed with the assertion that this vulnerability exists in the test harness and HTSlib users would be aware of the need to destruct this object returned by fai_load() in their own code

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01441 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
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-2018-13844
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2f5j-prvf-gf42

References

Advisory 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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