CVE-2022-1515

low-risk

Published 2022-05-02

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.

Do I need to act?

0.11% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 5.5/10 Medium

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Matio

Affected Vendors

Matio Project

References (4)

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2079986

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

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2079986

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

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low-risk

Severity 18/34 · Moderate

Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal