What is CVE-2020-36428?

CVE-2020-36428 is a high-severity vulnerability in Matio Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-07-20.

How severe is CVE-2020-36428?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Matio Project

CVE-2020-36428

matio (aka MAT File I/O Library) 1.5.18 through 1.5.21 has a heap-based buffer overflow in ReadInt32DataDouble (called from ReadInt32Data and Mat_VarRead4).

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.014 (69.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Matio_project Matio
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-36428?: CVE-2020-36428 is a high-severity vulnerability in Matio Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-07-20.
How severe is CVE-2020-36428?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.