ubuntu-cve-2025-2338
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2025-03-16 13:15
Modified
2026-04-22 07:53
Summary
Details

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in tbeu matio 1.5.28. Affected is the function strdup_vprintf of the file src/io.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Severity
6.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
2.1 (Low)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in tbeu matio 1.5.28. Affected is the function strdup_vprintf of the file src/io.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2025-2338",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:53:17Z",
  "published": "2025-03-16T13:15:00Z",
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-2338"
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}



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