matio up to 1.5.21 File mat5.c Mat_VarReadNextInfo5 memory leak

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A vulnerability was found in matio up to 1.5.21. It has been rated as problematic. Affected is the function Mat_VarReadNextInfo5 of the file mat5.c of the component File Handler. This manipulation causes memory leak. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2022-1515. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in matio up to 1.5.21. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function Mat_VarReadNextInfo5 of the file mat5.c of the component File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was published 05/03/2022 as 186. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-1515 since 04/28/2022. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

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). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Name

• matio

Version

• 1.5.0
• 1.5.1
• 1.5.2
• 1.5.3
• 1.5.4
• 1.5.5
• 1.5.6
• 1.5.7
• 1.5.8
• 1.5.9
• 1.5.10
• 1.5.11
• 1.5.12
• 1.5.13
• 1.5.14
• 1.5.15
• 1.5.16
• 1.5.17
• 1.5.18
• 1.5.19
• 1.5.20
• 1.5.21

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• open-source

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