CVE-2018-11099

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11099
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-11099.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-11099
Downstream
Published
2018-05-17T19:29:00.510Z
Modified
2025-11-14T05:24:55.962010Z
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
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected

Affected versions

v0.*

v0.1.13
v0.1.14
v0.1.15