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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-1010127

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.

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CVE-2019-1010127
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31 Oct 2026, 10:32 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2019-1010127

core-osv · Original source

Published 25 Jul 2019, 19:15 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2019-1010127
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1010127",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2019-1010127",
    "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-1010127",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1d27c245276cc9b10c4b20e1fedc5e4adfcc0123"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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          "database_specific": {
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:35.257076789Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/vcftools/vcftools/issues/141",
        "https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vQJveVcGMp_NMdBY5Je2K2k63RoCYznvKjJk5u1wJRmLotvwQkG5qiqZjpABcOkjzj49wkwGweiFwrc/pub"
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        "value": "CVE-2019-1010127",
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381875,
  "published_at": "2019-07-25T19:15:12.613+00:00"
}