Medium
htslib — security advisory
In HTSlib 1.8, a race condition in cram/cram_io.c might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
- Products
- htslib
- Affected versions
- 1.16+ds-3, 1.17+ds-0+exp1, 1.17+ds-1, 1.18+ds-0+exp1, 1.18+ds-1, 1.19+ds-0+exp0, 1.19+ds-1, 1.19+ds-1+exp1, 1.19+ds-1.1, 1.20+ds-1, 1.20+ds-2, 1.21+ds-0+exp1, 1.21+ds-0+exp2, 1.21+ds-1, 1.22.1+ds-1, 1.22.1+ds-2, 1.22.1+ds2-1, 1.24-1, 1.24-2, 1.24-3
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2018-14329
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 00:47 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In HTSlib 1.8, a race condition in cram/cram_io.c might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14329
htslib
Fixed versions: Not specified
htslib
Fixed versions: Not specified
htslib
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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