Use-after-free vulnerability in VCFtools 0.1.15 allows remote attackers to cause denial of service or other impact via crafted vcf file in header::add_INFO_descriptor function in header.cpp.

Use-after-free vulnerability in VCFtools 0.1.15 allows remote attackers to cause denial of service or other impact via crafted vcf file in header::add_INFO_descriptor function in header.cpp.

CVE-2018-11129 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

The header::add_INFO_descriptor function in header.cpp in VCFtools 0.1.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted vcf file.

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