CVE-2018-13843
HIGHHtslib - Resource Leak
Title source: ruleDescription
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
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0037
EPSS Percentile
58.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-772
Status
published
Affected Products (1)
htslib/htslib
Timeline
Published
Jul 10, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026