Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libmatio package, versions <1.5.17-3ubuntu0.1~esm1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.55% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-LIBMATIO-577750
  • published13 Oct 2019
  • disclosed13 Oct 2019

Introduced: 13 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-17533  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-908  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 libmatio to version 1.5.17-3ubuntu0.1~esm1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Mat_VarReadNextInfo4 in mat4.c in MATIO 1.5.17 omits a certain '\0' character, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read in strdup_vprintf when uninitialized memory is accessed.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1