CVE-2019-9032

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions matio versions 1.5.13

Description An issue was discovered in the MAT File I/O Library, specifically in the libmatio.a component. The problem is an out-of-bounds write that causes a segmentation fault (SEGV) in the Mat VarFree() function, located in mat.c.

Recommendations For matio version 1.5.13, consider restricting access to the Mat VarFree() function until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the Mat VarFree() function to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.