CVE-2018-13844 json
An issue has been found in HTSlib 1.8.
published 2018-07-10 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-5780
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.4%
- EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
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
Patch / fix
- htslib Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.9-2
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-13844
Exploit prediction
1.44% 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 | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
References
-
github.com
/samtools/htslib/issues/731#issuecomment-403675330
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2018-13844
- NVD CVE-2018-13844
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