CVE-2019-17533
libmatio - security update
8.2
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.55%
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.
How to fix CVE-2019-17533
To remediate CVE-2019-17533, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libmatio—upgrade to 1.5.17-4 or later
- —upgrade to 1.5.2-3+deb8u1 or later
Is CVE-2019-17533 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.5.17-4
- from 0, < 1.5.2-3+deb8u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H |