NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libmatio package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.67% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-LIBMATIO-541603
  • published23 Feb 2019
  • disclosed23 Feb 2019

Introduced: 23 Feb 2019

CVE-2019-9031  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:18.04 libmatio.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libmatio package and not the libmatio package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 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 a NULL pointer dereference in the function Mat_VarFree() in mat.c.