Bug 2079986 (CVE-2022-1515)

Summary:	CVE-2022-1515 matio: memory leak in Mat_VarReadNextInfo5() in mat5.c
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz <gsuckevi>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Nobody <nobody>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	gwync, lupinix.fedora
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	matio 1.5.22, matio 1.5.23	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A memory leak was discovered in matio 1.5.21 and earlier in Mat_VarReadNextInfo5() in mat5.c via a crafted file. This issue can potentially result in DoS.	Story Points:	---
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Bug Depends On:	2079987
Bug Blocks:	2076325, 2079991

Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2022-04-28 16:58:54 UTC

A memory leak was discovered in matio 1.5.21 and earlier in Mat_VarReadNextInfo5() in mat5.c via a crafted file. This issue can potentially result in DoS.

Reference:
https://github.com/tbeu/matio/issues/186

Upstream patch:
https://github.com/tbeu/matio/commit/b53b62b756920f4c1509f4ee06427f66c3b5c9c4

Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2022-04-28 16:59:08 UTC

Created matio tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 2079987]