Out-of-bounds read in matio - CVE-2019-9030
Published: February 23, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36115
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.8 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9030
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 stack-based buffer over-read in Mat_VarReadNextInfo5() in mat5.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
Affected software
matio
Fedora
libASL
matio
openmeeg
Fedora
libASL
matio
openmeeg
How to mitigate CVE-2019-9030
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
libASL - update to 0.1.7-6.el7
matio - update to 1.5.17-3.el7
openmeeg - update to 2.4-0.4.rc4.el7
matio - update to 1.5.17-3.el7
openmeeg - update to 2.4-0.4.rc4.el7