MGASA-2021-0285

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    MGASA-2021-0285

    Published: 25 Jun 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-20052

    Summary: Updated matio packages fix a security vulnerability

    Details: A memory leak was discovered in Mat_VarCalloc in mat.c in matio 1.5.17 because SafeMulDims does not consider the rank==0 case (CVE-2019-20052).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0285.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27969, https://github.com/tbeu/matio/commit/a47b7cd3aca70e9a0bddf8146eb4ab0cbd19c2c3

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: matio

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/matio?arch=source&distro=mageia-7

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5.16-1.2.mga7

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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