CVE-2019-10269

moderate-risk
Published 2019-03-29

BWA (aka Burrow-Wheeler Aligner) before 2019-01-23 has a stack-based buffer overflow in the bns_restore function in bntseq.c via a long sequence name in a .alt file.

Do I need to act?

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0.72% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (3)

Burrow-Wheeler Aligner

Affected Vendors

Canonical Burrow-Wheeler Aligner Project

References (6)

Exploit https://coreymhudson.github.io/bwa_vulnerabilties/
Patch https://github.com/lh3/bwa/pull/232
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4087-1/
Exploit https://coreymhudson.github.io/bwa_vulnerabilties/
Patch https://github.com/lh3/bwa/pull/232
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4087-1/
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal
Exposure 9/34 · Low