CVE-2019-11371

N/A

Published: April 20, 2019 at 05:23 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:12 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorBurrow Wheeler Aligner

Using N/A by N/A?

Get instant alerts when new vulnerabilities affect N/A - before attackers find them.

Real-time alertsTrack your software stackFree plan available

Start Free Sign In

Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Burrow Wheeler Aligner · Burrow Wheeler Aligner Project

95%

0.7.17 r1198

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://github.com/lh3/bwa/issues/239

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-787

Get alerted

Stop reading CVE feeds looking for your own stack

Track the products you run and VulnTracker tells you when a new CVE affects them — with what is known about fixing it, and nothing about the rest.

Create account Sign in

Free plan, no card