CVE catalog

CVE-2019-11371

bwa: CVE-2019-11371

Severity: Low
Published: Apr 20, 2019, 6:29:00 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 1.59% · Oct 25, 2026

BWA (aka Burrow-Wheeler Aligner) 0.7.17 r1198 has a Buffer Overflow via a long prefix that is mishandled in bns_fasta2bntseq and bns_dump at btnseq.c.

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	bwa	sid	`0.7.19-1`	vulnerable
Debian	bwa	forky	`0.7.19-1`	vulnerable
Debian	bwa	trixie	`0.7.18-1`	vulnerable
Debian	bwa	bookworm	`0.7.17-7`	vulnerable

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	bwa	source	sid	`(unfixed)`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	bwa	source	forky	`(unfixed)`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	bwa	source	trixie	`(unfixed)`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	bwa	source	bookworm	`(unfixed)`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[bwa]Affected
Source package: [bwa]
Details (2)
- 0.7.17-7+b2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · bwa · debian · bookworm; dsa · bwa · debian · 12
- 0.7.17-7+b2 · arm64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · bwa · debian · bookworm; dsa · bwa · debian · 12
[libbwa-dev]Affected
Source package: [bwa]
Details (2)
- 0.7.17-7+b2 · amd64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · bwa · debian · bookworm; dsa · bwa · debian · 12
- 0.7.17-7+b2 · arm64 · bookworm
  Affected
  dsa · bwa · debian · bookworm; dsa · bwa · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[bwa]Affected
Details (2)
- 0.7.18-1 · amd64 · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · bwa · debian · 13
- 0.7.18-1 · arm64 · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · bwa · debian · 13
[libbwa-dev]Affected
Source package: [bwa]
Details (2)
- 0.7.18-1 · amd64 · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · bwa · debian · 13
- 0.7.18-1 · arm64 · trixie
  Affected
  dsa · bwa · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:38:43 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]