Out-of-bounds Read in Matio Project
CVE-2019-9033
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 for the "Rank and Dimension" feature in the function ReadNextCell() 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: 0.021 (80.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 81st percentile — 80.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.021 · newest: 0.021 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Matio Project — versions 1.5.13
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/tbeu/matio/issues/103 (Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/TeamSeri0us/pocs/tree/master/matio (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-9033?
- CVE-2019-9033 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-2019-9033?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.