Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libmatio package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-LIBMATIO-340116
  • published23 Feb 2019
  • disclosed23 Feb 2019

Introduced: 23 Feb 2019

CVE-2019-9038  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:9 libmatio.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libmatio package and not the libmatio package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in libmatio.a in matio (aka MAT File I/O Library) 1.5.13. There is an out-of-bounds read problem with a SEGV in the function ReadNextCell() in mat5.c.