{"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:13","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["1.9-2"],"id":"tcs_01M5ND1BD0H06GCNQVG19QCSZY","modified_at":"2026-10-23T18:02:59.305793388Z","published_at":"2018-07-10T18:29:00.467Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-13844","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-13844"],"severity":{"label":"high","score":7.5},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2018-13844#Debian:13/htslib","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-13844"}],"summary":"An issue has been found in HTSlib 1.8. It is a memory leak in fai_read in faidx.c. NOTE: This has been disputed with the assertion that this vulnerability exists in the test harness and HTSlib users w"}