High severity · published Oct 13, 2019
CVE-2019-17533
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
8.2
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
MA
Matio · Matio Project
1.5.17 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17533
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17533
Exploit
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16856
Patch
https://github.com/tbeu/matio/commit/651a8e28099edb5fbb9e4e1d4d3238848f446c9a
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00037.html
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