Security advisory

{
  "id": "88b86e5f8786b75013b9cb6f4e081429f330ae7acee0d78cbdb27063c848e79a",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-14329",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-14329",
    "summary": "In HTSlib 1.8, a race condition in cram/cram_io.c might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-14329",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-14329",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-14329"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/samtools/htslib",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "be22a2a1082f6e570718439b9ace2db17a609eae"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "be22a2a1082f6e570718439b9ace2db17a609eae"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:htslib:htslib:1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.8"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.8"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "1.8"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-14329.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:19.579828647Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/samtools/htslib/issues/736"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-14329",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381537,
  "published_at": "2018-07-17T02:29:00.22+00:00"
}