ubuntu-cve-2019-17533
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2019-10-13 02:15
Modified
2026-05-20 14:51
Summary
Details

Mat_VarReadNextInfo4 in mat4.c in MATIO 1.5.17 omits a certain '\0' character, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read in strdup_vprintf when uninitialized memory is accessed.

Severity
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Mat_VarReadNextInfo4 in mat4.c in MATIO 1.5.17 omits a certain \u0027\\0\u0027 character, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read in strdup_vprintf when uninitialized memory is accessed.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17533",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T14:51:37Z",
  "published": "2019-10-13T02:15:00Z",
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-17533"
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      "url": "https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=16856"
    },
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    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
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}



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