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Medium severity4.7OSV Advisory· Published Jul 17, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-14329

CVE-2018-14329

Description

In HTSlib 1.8, a race condition in cram/cram_io.c might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

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Affected products

3

Samtools/HtslibOSV3 versions
1.0, 1.1, 1.2, …+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, …
- cpe:2.3:a:htslib:htslib:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =1.8

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

1

github.com/samtools/htslib/issues/736nvdExploitThird Party Advisory

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