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TI-2019-08493 Aliases CVE-2019-11371GHSA-476x-vw5v-gv5j

BWA (aka Burrow-Wheeler Aligner) 0.7.17 r1198 has a Buffer Overflow via a long prefix…

Priority MEDIUM 45CWE-787Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

BWA (aka Burrow-Wheeler Aligner) 0.7.17 r1198 has a Buffer Overflow via a long prefix that is mishandled in bns_fasta2bntseq and bns_dump at btnseq.c.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01589 75th 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:burrow-wheeler_aligner_project:burrow-wheeler_aligner:0.7.17:r1198:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7.17 r1198VulnerableBurrow-wheeler Aligner Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:burrow-wheeler_aligner_project:burrow-wheeler_aligner:0.7.17:r1198:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7.17 r1198 Vulnerable ·Burrow-wheeler Aligner Project

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2019-11371
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-476x-vw5v-gv5j

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2019-07580 BWA (aka Burrow-Wheeler Aligner) before 2019-01-23 has a stack-based buffer overflow in… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

Sources

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