Out-of-bounds Read in Matio Project

CVE-2019-9030

An issue was discovered in libmatio.a in matio (aka MAT File I/O Library) 1.5.13. There is a stack-based buffer over-read in Mat_VarReadNextInfo5() in mat5.c.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.023 (82.8th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2019-9030: held from 0.021 to 0.023.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.023 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-9030?
CVE-2019-9030 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Matio Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2019-02-23.
How severe is CVE-2019-9030?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.