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CVE-2020-36403

Published: Jul 1, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-787
NVD MITRE
8.8CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
1.6%
Top 27.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-787

Affected Products

n/an/a
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
HTSlibСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
htslibhtslib
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
htsliboss-projectOSS Libraries

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

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

Published
Jul 1, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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