Medium severity · published May 2, 2022
CVE-2022-1515
A memory leak was discovered in matio 1.5.21 and earlier in Mat_VarReadNextInfo5() in mat5.c via a crafted file
5.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A memory leak was discovered in matio 1.5.21 and earlier in Mat_VarReadNextInfo5() in mat5.c via a crafted file. This issue can potentially result in DoS.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 53% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MA
Matio · Matio Project
before 1.5.22 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1515
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1515
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2079986
Exploit
https://github.com/tbeu/matio/issues/186
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