{"action":"Upgrade htslib to 1.9-2 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"1.9-2","introduced":"0"}],"component":"htslib","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:14","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["1.9-2"],"id":"tcs_01M5ND1B3CQP2BN343KPDMMXSN","modified_at":"2026-10-23T18:02:59.298650752Z","published_at":"2018-07-10T18:29:00.407Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-13843","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-13843"],"severity":{"label":"high","score":7.5},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2018-13843#Debian:14/htslib","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-13843"}],"summary":"An issue has been found in HTSlib 1.8. It is a memory leak in bgzf_getline in bgzf.c. NOTE: the software maintainer's position is that the \"failure to free memory\" can be fixed in applications that us"}