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libmatio, libpdl-io-matlab-perl and 1 more products — security advisory
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.
- Products
- libmatio, libpdl-io-matlab-perl, mldemos
- Affected versions
- 0.005-1build1, 0.005-1build2, 0.005-2build2, 0.005-3build1, 0.005-3build2, 0.005-3build3, 0.005-4, 0.005-5build1, 0.006-3, 0.006-4build1, 0.006-5, 0.006-5build1, 0.006-5build2, 0.006-5build3, 0.006-6, 0.006-6build1, 0.006-6build2, 0.5.1+git.1.ee5d11f-4, 0.5.1-3build1, 1.5.1-1, 1.5.10-1, 1.5.11-1, 1.5.13-3, 1.5.17-3, 1.5.2-1, 1.5.2-1ubuntu1, 1.5.2-3build2, 1.5.3-1
- Fixed versions
- 1.5.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1.5.17-3ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1.5.2-1ubuntu1+esm1, 1.5.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
- CVEs
- CVE-2019-17533
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 01:28 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17533
libmatio
Fixed versions: 1.5.2-1ubuntu1+esm1
libmatio
Fixed versions: 1.5.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
libpdl-io-matlab-perl
Fixed versions: Not specified
mldemos
Fixed versions: Not specified
libmatio
Fixed versions: 1.5.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
libpdl-io-matlab-perl
Fixed versions: Not specified
libmatio
Fixed versions: 1.5.17-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
libpdl-io-matlab-perl
Fixed versions: Not specified
mldemos
Fixed versions: Not specified
libpdl-io-matlab-perl
Fixed versions: Not specified
libpdl-io-matlab-perl
Fixed versions: Not specified
libpdl-io-matlab-perl
Fixed versions: Not specified
libpdl-io-matlab-perl
Fixed versions: Not specified
libpdl-io-matlab-perl
Fixed versions: Not specified
Complete source record
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