PT-2019-19320 · Mat File I/O Library · Matio

Cool-Tomato · Published 2019-02-23 · Updated 2019-02-27 · CVE-2019-9031

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions matio versions 1.5.13

Description An issue was discovered in the MAT File I/O Library, where there is a NULL pointer dereference in the Mat VarFree() function in mat.c.

Recommendations For matio version 1.5.13, consider avoiding the use of the Mat VarFree() function until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to the mat.c module to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-9031

Affected Products

Matio

References · 9

• 🔥 https://github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/matio · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9031 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-9031 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-9031 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9031 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9031 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9031 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-9031 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/tbeu/matio/issues/103 · Note