CVE-2026-31965
MEDIUM
6,9
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Confidentiality: N/A
Integrity: N/A
Availability: N/A
Description
AI Translation Available
HTSlib is a library for reading and writing bioinformatics file formats. CRAM is a compressed format which stores DNA sequence alignment data. In the `cram_decode_slice()` function called while reading CRAM records, validation of the reference id field occurred too late, allowing two out of bounds reads to occur before the invalid data was detected. The bug does allow two values to be leaked to the caller, however as the function reports an error it may be difficult to exploit them. It is also possible that the program will crash due to trying to access invalid memory. Versions 1.23.1, 1.22.2 and 1.21.1 include fixes for this issue. There is no workaround for this issue.
125
Out-of-bounds Read
DraftCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Confidentiality
Availability
Other
Potential Impacts:
Read Memory
Bypass Protection Mechanism
Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart
Varies By Context
Applicable Platforms
Languages:
C, C++, Memory-Unsafe
Technologies:
ICS/OT
129
Improper Validation of Array Index
DraftCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Integrity
Availability
Confidentiality
Potential Impacts:
Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart
Modify Memory
Read Memory
Execute Unauthorized Code Or Commands
Applicable Platforms
Languages:
C, C++, Not Language-Specific
https://github.com/samtools/htslib/commit/9cefb46453ad471e933b8212d4f45920524d3…
https://github.com/samtools/htslib/security/advisories/GHSA-mqm2-v645-3qhr