SAMtools is a program for reading, manipulating and writing bioinformatics file formats.

Code

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• Repository · github.com

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

1. Mar 18, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Detected

   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 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

2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Updated

   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 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

Affected

• cpe samtools/samtoolsversion unspecified
• cpe samtools/samtools1.23

Sources

• CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-31973

  Official CVE identifier

  cve.org
• NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-31973

  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 was missing. I

  nvd.nist.gov

References

• Mailing List · openwall.com
• Patch · github.com
• Vendor Advisory · github.com