CVE-2026-116742
MEDIUM
MEDIUM
Priority: 0.01
BB Relevance:
35/100
Published: 2026-10-26
Modified: 2026-10-27
First seen: 2026-10-29
Status: active
Attack Surface
Low Complexity
No Auth
CVSS Vector Breakdown
AV:
Local
AC:
Low
PR:
None
UI:
Passive
S:
X
AT:
None
VC:
None
VI:
Low
VA:
Low
Description
HTSlib through 1.24 contains a heap out-of-bounds write and read vulnerability in bgzf_index_load_hfile() in bgzf.c that allows attackers to corrupt heap memory by supplying a crafted .gzi index entry count. A count of 0xFFFFFFFF truncates noffs to zero, causing writes past a malloc(0) buffer and an offs[-1] read in bgzf_useek(), resulting in heap corruption or crashes in tools like samtools and bcftools.