What is CVE-2019-11371?

CVE-2019-11371 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Burrow-Wheeler Aligner Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-04-20.

How severe is CVE-2019-11371?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-11371 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Burrow-Wheeler Aligner Project

CVE-2019-11371

BWA (aka Burrow-Wheeler Aligner) 0.7.17 r1198 has a Buffer Overflow via a long prefix that is mishandled in bns_fasta2bntseq and bns_dump at btnseq.c.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.016 (73.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Burrow-wheeler_aligner_project Burrow-wheeler_aligner — versions 0.7.17
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-11371?: CVE-2019-11371 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Burrow-Wheeler Aligner Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-04-20.
How severe is CVE-2019-11371?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-11371 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.