High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 1, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-36403
CVE-2020-36403
Description
HTSlib through 1.10.2 allows out-of-bounds write access in vcf_parse_format (called from vcf_parse and vcf_read).
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Affected products
7- HTSlib/HTSlibdescription
- osv-coords4 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/libhts&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/libhts&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/suse/libhts&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/libhts&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP3
< 1.10.2-bp153.2.5.1+ 3 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.2-bp153.2.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.2-bp153.2.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.2-bp153.2.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.2-bp153.2.5.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- github.com/samtools/htslib/commit/dcd4b7304941a8832fba2d0fc4c1e716e7a4e72cnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detailnvdExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/samtools/htslib/pull/1447nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- github.com/google/oss-fuzz-vulns/blob/main/vulns/htslib/OSV-2020-955.yamlnvdThird Party Advisory
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