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medium 5.5

CVE-2018-11099 json

The header::add_INFO_descriptor function in header.cpp in VCFtools 0.1.15 allows remote attackers to cause information disclosure (heap-bas…

published 2018-05-17 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-3141

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.5%
EPSS 1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The header::add_INFO_descriptor function in header.cpp in VCFtools 0.1.15 allows remote attackers to cause information disclosure (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted vcf file.

Patch / fix

  • vcftools Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.1.16-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11099

  • vcftools Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0.1.14+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1
  • vcftools Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 0.1.11+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • vcftools Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 0.1.15-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11099

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-11099 updated cvss 4.4

vcftools: Heap-based buffer over-read in header.cpp:header::add_INFO_descriptor()

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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