Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-1010127 - Use After Free vulnerability in Vcftools Project Vcftools 0.1.13/0.1.14
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
VCFTools vcftools prior to version 0.1.15 is affected by: Use-after-free. The impact is: Denial of Service or possibly other impact (eg. code execution or information disclosure). The component is: The header::add_FILTER_descriptor method in header.cpp. The attack vector is: The victim must open a specially crafted VCF file.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 2 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQJveVcGMp_NMdBY5Je2K2k63RoCYznvKjJk5u1wJRmLotvwQkG5qiqZjpABcOkjzj49wkwGweiFwrc/pub
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQJveVcGMp_NMdBY5Je2K2k63RoCYznvKjJk5u1wJRmLotvwQkG5qiqZjpABcOkjzj49wkwGweiFwrc/pub
- https://github.com/vcftools/vcftools/issues/141
- https://github.com/vcftools/vcftools/issues/141