Name: CVE-2019-11371: Out-of-bounds Write
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2019-04-20T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2019-11371, CWE-787, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.01589

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	No solution exists	May 15, 2025	Apr 20, 2019
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Apr 20, 2019

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CVSS Details

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