| Name | CVE-2020-19497 |
| Description | Integer overflow vulnerability in Mat_VarReadNextInfo5 in mat5.c in tbeu matio (aka MAT File I/O Library) 1.5.17, allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service or possibly other unspecified impacts. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
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 | vulnerable |
| 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.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libmatio | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| libmatio | source | (unstable) | 1.5.19-2 | | | |
Notes
[buster] - libmatio <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - libmatio <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/tbeu/matio/commit/5fa49ef9fc4368fe3d19b5fdaa36d8fa5e7f4606 (v1.5.18)
https://github.com/tbeu/matio/issues/121