Matio
CVE-2019-9031
HIGH
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionNVD
An issue was discovered in libmatio.a in matio (aka MAT File I/O Library) 1.5.13. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function Mat_VarFree() in mat.c.
AnalysisAI
An issue was discovered in libmatio.a in matio (aka MAT File I/O Library) 1.5.13. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476), which allows attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer. An issue was discovered in libmatio.a in matio (aka MAT File I/O Library) 1.5.13. There is a NULL pointer dereference in the function Mat_VarFree() in mat.c. Affected products include: Matio Project Matio.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Check pointers before dereferencing. Use static analysis tools to detect null pointer paths.
An issue was discovered in libmatio.a in matio (aka MAT File I/O Library) 1.5.13. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), th
An issue was discovered in libmatio.a in matio (aka MAT File I/O Library) 1.5.13. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), th
An issue was discovered in libmatio.a in matio (aka MAT File I/O Library) 1.5.13. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), th
An issue was discovered in libmatio.a in matio (aka MAT File I/O Library) 1.5.13. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), th
An issue was discovered in libmatio.a in matio (aka MAT File I/O Library) 1.5.13. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), th
An issue was discovered in libmatio.a in matio (aka MAT File I/O Library) 1.5.13. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), th
Mat_VarReadNextInfo4 in mat4.c in MATIO 1.5.17 omits a certain '\0' character, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read
An issue was discovered in libmatio.a in matio (aka MAT File I/O Library) 1.5.13. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this v
An issue was discovered in libmatio.a in matio (aka MAT File I/O Library) 1.5.13. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this v
An issue was discovered in libmatio.a in matio (aka MAT File I/O Library) 1.5.13. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this v
An issue was discovered in libmatio.a in matio (aka MAT File I/O Library) 1.5.13. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this v
An issue was discovered in libmatio.a in matio (aka MAT File I/O Library) 1.5.13. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this v
Same weakness CWE-476 – NULL Pointer Dereference
View allSame technique Null Pointer Dereference
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