Multiple vulnerabilities has been discovered in libmatio, a MAT File I/O Library. 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-4459-1
matio could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.. ========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6829-1 June 13, 2024 libmatio vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS Summary: matio could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file. Software Description: - libmatio: MAT File I/O Library - development files Details: It was discovered that matio incorrectly handled certain malformed files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS libmatio11 1.5.21-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 Available with Ubuntu Pro Ubuntu 20.04 LTS libmatio9 1.5.17-3ubuntu0.1~esm2 Available with Ubuntu Pro In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6829-1 CVE-2022-1515 . An upgrade for Ubuntu 20.04 and 22.04 addresses a vulnerability in libmatio that could lead to system crashes. Protect your machine from potential denial-of-service threats.. matio security update, libmatio advisory, ubuntu security issue, package versions. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
In libmatio, a library to read and write Matlab MAT files, a vulnerability was fixed in Mat_VarReadNextInfo4 in mat4.c that could lead to a heap-based buffer over-read in strdup_vprintf. . Package : libmatio Version : 1.5.2-3+deb8u1 CVE ID : CVE-2019-17533 In libmatio, a library to read and write Matlab MAT files, a vulnerability was fixed in Mat_VarReadNextInfo4 in mat4.c that could lead to a heap-based buffer over-read in strdup_vprintf. For Debian 8 "Jessie", this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.2-3+deb8u1. We recommend that you upgrade your libmatio packages. Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS . Enhance libmatio in Debian LTS to address a heap-oriented buffer over-read security flaw. Key patch information is provided.. libmatio, Debian LTS, heap overflow, buffer over-read, security update. . Severity: Important. LinuxSecurity.com Team
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