CVE-2018-11099

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11099
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-11099.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-11099
Downstream
Published
2018-05-17T19:29:00.510Z
Modified
2026-07-08T14:59:34.171391Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The header::addINFOdescriptor function in header.cpp in VCFtools 0.1.15 allows remote attackers to cause information disclosure (heap-based buffer over-read) via a crafted vcf file.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/vcftools/vcftools

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/vcftools/vcftools
Events
Introduced
1d27c245276cc9b10c4b20e1fedc5e4adfcc0123
Last affected
1d27c245276cc9b10c4b20e1fedc5e4adfcc0123
Database specific 
{
    "source": "CPE_STRING",
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:vcftools_project:vcftools:0.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0.1.15"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "0.1.15"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

0.*
0.1.15
v0.*
v0.1.15

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-11099.json"