UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17533

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17533

    Published: 13 Oct 2019Last Modified: 20 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-17533
    Aliases:
    USN-5185-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-17533, https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16856, https://github.com/tbeu/matio/commit/651a8e28099edb5fbb9e4e1d4d3238848f446c9a, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5185-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-17533

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libmatio

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libmatio?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5.2-1ubuntu1+esm1

    Affected versions

    1.5.1-1
    1.5.2-1
    1.5.2-1ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
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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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