Description
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
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/samtools/htslib/issues/731#issuecomment-403675330
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0144
EPSS Percentile
69.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-401
Status
published
Products (1)
htslib/htslib
1.8
Published
Jul 10, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026