What is CVE-2019-1010127?

CVE-2019-1010127 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vcftools, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-07-25.

How severe is CVE-2019-1010127?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Use After Free in Vcftools

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.

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

EPSS: 0.016 (74.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Vcftools — versions < 0.1.15
Vcftools_project Vcftools

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

References

josh@bress.net (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
josh@bress.net (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-1010127?: CVE-2019-1010127 is a high-severity vulnerability in Vcftools, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-07-25.
How severe is CVE-2019-1010127?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.