CVE-2018-11099

MEDIUM 5.5CVE-2018-11099 · Published 17/05/2018 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2018-11099 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability affecting vcftools (vcftools project).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.5%, higher than 73.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
vcftools vcftools_project	`= 0.1.15`	No fix yet

Description

The header::add_INFO_descriptor 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

seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/May/43 · Mailing List
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/05/msg00039.html
usn.ubuntu.com/3974-1

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