CVE-2026-31973

Published: Mar 18, 2026 Last Modified: Mar 18, 2026
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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

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SAMtools is a program for reading, manipulating and writing bioinformatics file formats. Starting in version 1.17, in the cram-size command, used to write information about how well CRAM files are compressed, a check to see if the `cram_decode_compression_header()` was missing. If the function returned an error, this could lead to a NULL pointer dereference. Exploiting this bug causes a NULL pointer dereference. Typically this will cause the program to crash. Versions 1.23.1, 1.22.2 and 1.21.1 include fixes for this issue. There is no workaround for this issue.

476

NULL Pointer Dereference

Stable
Abstraction: Base Structure: Simple
Common Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Availability Integrity Confidentiality
Potential Impacts:
Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart Execute Unauthorized Code Or Commands Read Memory Modify Memory
Applicable Platforms
Languages: C, C#, C++, Go, Java
Likelihood of Exploit: Medium
View CWE Details
https://github.com/samtools/samtools/commit/06fc2a219b3d7c9…
https://github.com/samtools/samtools/commit/06fc2a219b3d7c94d3f412c09f6d1efd511…
https://github.com/samtools/samtools/security/advisories/GH…
https://github.com/samtools/samtools/security/advisories/GHSA-x86f-q6fj-cm43