What is CVE-2019-20052?

CVE-2019-20052 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Matio Project, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-12-27.

How severe is CVE-2019-20052?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Matio Project

CVE-2019-20052

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.

EPSS: 0.011 (61.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Matio_project Matio — versions 1.5.17
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-20052?: CVE-2019-20052 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Matio Project, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-12-27.
How severe is CVE-2019-20052?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.