Memory leak in matio - CVE-2019-20052

 

Memory leak in matio - CVE-2019-20052

Published: December 28, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU23819
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20052
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: tbeu
Affected software:
matio

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak in Mat_VarCalloc() function in mat.c, because SafeMulDims does not consider the rank==0 case. A remote attacker can perform denial of service attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-20052

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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