Out-of-bounds read in matio - CVE-2019-9028
Published: February 23, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36113
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9028
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: tbeu
Affected software:
matio
matio
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to stack-based buffer over-read in the function InflateDimensions() in inflate.c when called from ReadNextCell in mat5.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-9028
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.