CVE-2020-36403 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Published: 2021-07-01

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:htslib:htslib:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-23931	HTSlib through 1.10.2 allows out-of-bounds write access in vcf_parse_format (called from vcf_parse and vcf_read).

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00446.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=24097
https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/htslib/OSV-2020-955.yaml
https://github.com/samtools/htslib/commit/dcd4b7304941a8832fba2d0fc4c1e716e7a4e72c
https://github.com/samtools/htslib/pull/1447

History

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Subscriptions

Htslib Htslib

Linux Linux Kernel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-07-01T02:51:43.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T17:23:10.582Z

Reserved: 2021-07-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-36403

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-07-01T03:15:07.893

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:29:25.413

Link: CVE-2020-36403

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-787

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