PT-2019-6175 · Mat File I/O Library · Matio

Strongcourage · Published 2019-07-27 · Updated 2021-07-30 · CVE-2020-19497

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions matio (aka MAT File I/O Library) version 1.5.17

Description The issue is related to an integer overflow vulnerability in the Mat VarReadNextInfo5 function in mat5.c. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote attacker to potentially access confidential data, compromise data integrity, and cause a Denial of Service.

Recommendations For matio (aka MAT File I/O Library) version 1.5.17, consider applying a patch or fix to address the integer overflow vulnerability in the Mat VarReadNextInfo5 function. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

BDU:2022-01671

CVE-2020-19497

Affected Products

Matio

References · 10

• 🔥 https://github.com/tbeu/matio/issues/121 · Exploit
• https://github.com/tbeu/matio/commit/5fa49ef9fc4368fe3d19b5fdaa36d8fa5e7f4606 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-19497 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-19497 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-19497 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-19497 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-19497 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-19497 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-19497 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-01671 · Security Note