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CVE-2020-36403

Published: 1 July 2021

HTSlib through 1.10.2 allows out-of-bounds write access in vcf_parse_format (called from vcf_parse and vcf_read).

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
htslib
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

focal Needed

groovy Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(1.11-4)
impish Not vulnerable

jammy Not vulnerable

kinetic Not vulnerable

lunar Not vulnerable

mantic Not vulnerable

noble Not vulnerable

trusty Needs triage

upstream
Released (1.11-1)
xenial Needs triage

Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/samtools/htslib/commit/dcd4b7304941a8832fba2d0fc4c1e716e7a4e72c

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H