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Unscored USN-4857-1 1 CVE

bwa vulnerability

Published Mar 15, 2021 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

It was discovered that Burrows-Wheeler Aligner (BWA) mishandled certain
crafted .alt files. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a
denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS bwa 0.7.12-5ubuntu0.1~esm1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2019-10269

    BWA (aka Burrow-Wheeler Aligner) before 2019-01-23 has a stack-based buffer overflow in the bns_restore function in bnt…

    bwa bwa Debian Ubuntu

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-10269