Memory leak in matio - CVE-2019-20052
Published: December 28, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23819
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20052
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
matio
Fedora
matio
Fedora
matio
How to mitigate CVE-2019-20052
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
matio - addressed in versions 1.5.18-1.el7, 1.5.18-1.el8, 1.5.18-1.fc31, 1.5.18-1.fc32, 1.5.18-1.fc33