CVE-2019-17533

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Published Oct 13, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 8.2 High EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:matio_project:matio:1.5.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-2267-1	libmatio security update
EUVD	EUVD-2019-7883	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.
Ubuntu USN	USN-5185-1	MATIO vulnerability

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.7% (1.692% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16856
https://github.com/tbeu/matio/commit/651a8e28099edb5fbb9e4e1d4d3238848f446c9a
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00037.html

History

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Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux

Matio Project Matio

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 1:40 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Oct 13, 2019, 2:00 AM
Updated: Aug 5, 2024, 1:40 AM
Reserved: Oct 13, 2019, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 2:24 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 13, 2019, 2:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 2:24 AM

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