Description

SAMtools is a program for reading, manipulating and writing bioinformatics file formats. Starting in version 1.17, in the cram-size command, used to write information about how well CRAM files are compressed, a check to see if the `cram_decode_compression_header()` was missing. If the function returned an error, this could lead to a NULL pointer dereference. Exploiting this bug causes a NULL pointer dereference. Typically this will cause the program to crash. Versions 1.23.1, 1.22.2 and 1.21.1 include fixes for this issue. There is no workaround for this issue.

INFO

Published Date :

2026-03-18T20:34:00.846Z

Last Modified :

2026-03-19T16:14:59.386Z

Source :

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AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-31973 vulnerability.

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Samtools
  • Samtools
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/18/12 cve-icon
https://github.com/samtools/samtools/commit/06fc2a219b3d7c94d3f412c09f6d1efd51199f2f cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/samtools/samtools/security/advisories/GHSA-x86f-q6fj-cm43 cve-icon cve-icon
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