VDB-179285 · CVE-2020-36428 · Nessus 297142

matio 1.5.18/1.5.19/1.5.20/1.5.21 Readt32DataDouble heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in matio 1.5.18/1.5.19/1.5.20/1.5.21. The impacted element is the function Readt32DataDouble. The manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2020-36428. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in matio 1.5.18/1.5.19/1.5.20/1.5.21 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function Readt32DataDouble. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 07/21/2021. The advisory is shared at bugs.chromium.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-36428. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 297142 (Debian dla-4459 : libmatio-dev - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (297142). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

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matio

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License

open-source

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CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Partially

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Nessus ID: 297142
Nessus Name: Debian dla-4459 : libmatio-dev - security update

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/20/2021 🔍
07/21/2021 +1 days 🔍
07/21/2021 +0 days 🔍
01/30/2026 +1654 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugs.chromium.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-36428 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-36428
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-179285

Entryinfo

Created: 07/21/2021 11:42
Updated: 01/30/2026 07:15
Changes: 07/21/2021 11:42 (35), 07/26/2021 02:28 (2), 01/30/2026 07:15 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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