CVE-2026-31968

A flaw was found in HTSlib, a library for reading and writing bioinformatics file formats. Specifically, within the CRAM Compressed Reference-oriented Alignment Map format, incomplete validation of context in the VARINT and CONST encodings could lead to a heap or stack buffer overflow. A remote...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31968

HTSlib is a library for reading and writing bioinformatics file formats. CRAM is a compressed format which stores DNA sequence alignment data using a variety of encodings and compression methods. For the VARINT and CONST encodings, incomplete validation of the context in which the encodings were...

CVE-2026-31968

HTSlib is a library for reading and writing bioinformatics file formats. CRAM is a compressed format which stores DNA sequence alignment data using a variety of encodings and compression methods. For the VARINT and CONST encodings, incomplete validation of the context in which the encodings were...

CVE-2026-31968 HTSlib CRAM decoder vulnerable to buffer overflow

HTSlib is a library for reading and writing bioinformatics file formats. CRAM is a compressed format which stores DNA sequence alignment data using a variety of encodings and compression methods. For the VARINT and CONST encodings, incomplete validation of the context in which the encodings were...

CVE-2026-31968

HTSlib CRAM decoder (CVE-2026-31968) has incomplete validation in the VARINT and CONST encodings, which can cause writes past heap allocations or a stack byte, potentially enabling heap or stack corruption and, in some streams, arbitrary code execution. Affected versions are 1.23.1, 1.22.2, and 1...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-31964

HTSlib is a library for reading and writing bioinformatics file formats. CRAM is a compressed format which stores DNA sequence alignment data using a variety of encodings and compression methods. While most alignment records store DNA sequence and quality values, the format also allows them to om...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-31964

HTSlib is a library for reading and writing bioinformatics file formats. CRAM is a compressed format which stores DNA sequence alignment data using a variety of encodings and compression methods. While most alignment records store DNA sequence and quality values, the format also allows them to om...

EUVD-2026-12932

HTSlib is a library for reading and writing bioinformatics file formats. CRAM is a compressed format which stores DNA sequence alignment data using a variety of encodings and compression methods. While most alignment records store DNA sequence and quality values, the format also allows them to om...

PT-2026-26138

HTSlib is a library for reading and writing bioinformatics file formats. CRAM is a compressed format which stores DNA sequence alignment data using a variety of encodings and compression methods. While most alignment records store DNA sequence and quality values, the format also allows them to om...

PT-2026-26144

HTSlib is a library for reading and writing bioinformatics file formats. CRAM is a compressed format which stores DNA sequence alignment data using a variety of encodings and compression methods. For the VARINT and CONST encodings, incomplete validation of the context in which the encodings were...