Resource exhaustion in matio - CVE-2019-20019
Published: December 28, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23821
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-2019-20019
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to attempted excessive memory allocation within Mat_VarRead5() function in mat5.c. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
matio
Fedora
matio
Fedora
matio
How to mitigate CVE-2019-20019
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