#VU23820 Out-of-bounds read in matio - CVE-2019-20020 

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#VU23820 Out-of-bounds read in matio - CVE-2019-20020

Published: December 28, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU23820
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2019-20020
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
matio
Software vendor:
tbeu

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in ReadNextStructField() function in mat5.c. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.


Remediation

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

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