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Debian LTS libmatio Critical Buffer Overflow CVE-2025-2337 DLA-4644-1

debian lts
Calendar Grey June 24, 2026
Dist Debian Esm H88
Critical security alerts for libmatio in Debian LTS had been disclosed. Updates recommended to secure systems.
Multiple vulnerabilities has been discovered in libmatio, a MAT File I/O Library

Summary

CVE-2025-2337

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in
libmatio Mat_VarPrint function. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer
overflow. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been
disclosed to the public and may be used.

CVE-2025-2338

A Denial of Service (DoS) and head-based buffer overflow was found, which
could potentially lead to remote code execution if libmatio is embedded in
services that accepts user-supplied .mat files.

CVE-2025-50343

A Denial of Service (DoS) and in certain cases heap corruption vulnerability
was found, which could lead to potential remote code execution if libmatio is
embedded in services that accepts user-supplied .mat files.

For Debian 12 bookworm, these problems have been fixed in version
1.5.23-2+deb12u1.

For Debian 11 bullseye, see separate DLA-4459-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libmatio packages.

For the detailed security status of libmatio please refer to
its security tracker page at:

Read the Full Advisory


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Package: libmatio
Version: 1.5.23-2+deb12u1
CVE ID: CVE-2025-2337 CVE-2025-2338 CVE-2025-50343
Debian Bug: 1100992 1104247 1124797

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