Out-of-bounds read in MatrixSSL - CVE-2019-13470
Published: July 15, 2019 / Updated: July 15, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19182
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13470
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition.
The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read condition during ASN.1 handing. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted certificate to the affected application and cause it to crash.
Affected software
MatrixSSL
How to mitigate CVE-2019-13470
Install updates from vendor's website.
MatrixSSL - update to 4.2.1