| Name | CVE-2019-17533 |
| Description | Mat_VarReadNextInfo4 in mat4.c in MATIO 1.5.17 omits a certain '\0' character, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read in strdup_vprintf when uninitialized memory is accessed. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2267-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 942255 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libmatio (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.5.2-3+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch | 1.5.9-1 | vulnerable |
| buster | 1.5.13-3 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 1.5.19-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.5.23-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.5.28-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[buster] - libmatio <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - libmatio <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16856
https://github.com/tbeu/matio/commit/651a8e28099edb5fbb9e4e1d4d3238848f446c9a