Is CVE-2018-13843 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-13843 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-13843?

CVE-2018-13843 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-13843?

CVE-2018-13843 has an EPSS score of 1.47% (71th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-13843?

Upgrade htslib on debian 11 to 1.9-2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-13843

HIGHEPSS 71th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue has been found in HTSlib 1.8. It is a memory leak in bgzf_getline in bgzf.c. NOTE: the software maintainer's position is that the "failure to free memory" can be fixed in applications that use the HTSlib library (such as test/test_bgzf.c in the original report) and is not a library issue

CWE-772

How to fix

Remediation Available

htslibDebian

Fixed in:1.9-2CVE-2018-13843

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.47%probability of exploitation in 30 days

71stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 71% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.