CVE-2019-10269
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 2.9% (pctl 87)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
BWA (aka Burrow-Wheeler Aligner) before 2019-01-23 has a stack-based buffer overflow in the bns_restore function in bntseq.c via a long sequence name in a .alt file.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 2.91% — more likely to be exploited than 87% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2019-03-29 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| burrow-wheeler aligner project | burrow-wheeler aligner |
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
References
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD