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    CVE-2018-13844

    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

    Published:Jul 10, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Jul 10, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.00366
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Htslib
    Product
    Htslib

    Exploits

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