Out-of-bounds read in matio - CVE-2019-20017

 

Out-of-bounds read in matio - CVE-2019-20017

Published: December 28, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU23823
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-20017
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a stack-based buffer over-read within the Mat_VarReadNextInfo5() in mat5.c. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-20017

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

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