CVE-2019-9038

NameCVE-2019-9038
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in libmatio.a in matio (aka MAT File I/O Library) 1.5.13. There is an out-of-bounds read problem with a SEGV in the function ReadNextCell() in mat5.c.
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Debian Bugs924185

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libmatio (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.5.2-3+deb8u1vulnerable
stretch1.5.9-1vulnerable
buster1.5.13-3fixed
bullseye1.5.19-2fixed
bookworm1.5.23-2fixed
sid, trixie1.5.28-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libmatiosourcewheezy(unfixed)end-of-life
libmatiosource(unstable)1.5.13-2low924185

Notes

[stretch] - libmatio <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - libmatio <no-dsa> (Minor issue, hard to backport)
https://github.com/tbeu/matio/issues/103
https://github.com/tbeu/matio/commit/a0539135c9b1ab7613aa7953279da9224da88775
https://github.com/tbeu/matio/commit/2c20d2178017b3eb13ab160cef239648f9915bdb

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