Buffer overflow in Burrow-Wheeler Aligner Project
CVE-2019-10269
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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.029 (86.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Burrow-Wheeler Aligner Project
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 18.04, 19.04
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/lh3/bwa/pull/232 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- coreymhudson.github.io/bwa_vulnerabilties/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/4087-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-10269?
- CVE-2019-10269 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Burrow-Wheeler Aligner Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-03-29.
- How severe is CVE-2019-10269?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-10269 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.