UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000206

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000206
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000206.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000206
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Published
2017-11-17T15:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:44:36Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

samtools htslib library version 1.4.0 and earlier is vulnerable to buffer overflow in the CRAM rANS codec resulting in potential arbitrary code execution

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / htslib

Package

Name
htslib
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/htslib@1.2.1-2ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.1-2ubuntu1+esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.2.1-1
1.2.1-2
1.2.1-2ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.1-2ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "htslib-test"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.1-2ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libhts-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.1-2ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "libhts1"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.2.1-2ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "tabix"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000206.json"