Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libmatio package, versions <1.5.13-2
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- published22 Oct 2026
- disclosed23 Feb 2019
Introduced: 23 Feb 2019
CVE-2019-9029 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Echo:latest libmatio to version 1.5.13-2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libmatio package and not the libmatio package as distributed by Echo.
See How to fix? for Echo:latest 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 with a SEGV in the function Mat_VarReadNextInfo5() in mat5.c.