CVE catalog
CVE-2018-13844
htslib: CVE-2018-13844
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.44% · Oct 25, 2026
An issue has been found in HTSlib 1.8. It is a memory leak in fai_read in faidx.c. NOTE: This has been disputed with the assertion that this vulnerability exists in the test harness and HTSlib users would be aware of the need to destruct this object returned by fai_load() in their own code
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | htslib | sid | 1.24-3 | fixed |
| Debian | htslib | forky | 1.24-3 | fixed |
| Debian | htslib | trixie | 1.21+ds-1 | fixed |
| Debian | htslib | bookworm | 1.16+ds-3 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | htslib | source | sid | 1.9-2 | low | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | htslib | source | forky | 1.9-2 | low | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | htslib | source | trixie | 1.9-2 | low | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | htslib | source | bookworm | 1.9-2 | low | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [htslib-test]Fixed
Source package: [htslib]
Details (2)
1.16+ds-3· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.9-2dsa · htslib · debian · bookworm; dsa · htslib · debian · 12
1.16+ds-3· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.9-2dsa · htslib · debian · bookworm; dsa · htslib · debian · 12
- [libhts3]Fixed
Source package: [htslib]
Details (2)
1.16+ds-3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.9-2dsa · htslib · debian · bookworm; dsa · htslib · debian · 12
1.16+ds-3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.9-2dsa · htslib · debian · bookworm; dsa · htslib · debian · 12
- [libhts-dev]Fixed
Source package: [htslib]
Details (2)
1.16+ds-3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.9-2dsa · htslib · debian · bookworm; dsa · htslib · debian · 12
1.16+ds-3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.9-2dsa · htslib · debian · bookworm; dsa · htslib · debian · 12
- [tabix]Fixed
Source package: [htslib]
Details (2)
1.16+ds-3· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.9-2dsa · htslib · debian · bookworm; dsa · htslib · debian · 12
1.16+ds-3· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.9-2dsa · htslib · debian · bookworm; dsa · htslib · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [htslib-test]Fixed
Source package: [htslib]
Details (2)
1.21+ds-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.9-2dsa · htslib · debian · 13
1.21+ds-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.9-2dsa · htslib · debian · 13
- [libhts3t64]Fixed
Source package: [htslib]
Details (2)
1.21+ds-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.9-2dsa · htslib · debian · 13
1.21+ds-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.9-2dsa · htslib · debian · 13
- [libhts-dev]Fixed
Source package: [htslib]
Details (2)
1.21+ds-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.9-2dsa · htslib · debian · 13
1.21+ds-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.9-2dsa · htslib · debian · 13
- [tabix]Fixed
Source package: [htslib]
Details (2)
1.21+ds-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.9-2dsa · htslib · debian · 13
1.21+ds-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.9-2dsa · htslib · debian · 13
Observed: