UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17533

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-17533
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17533.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17533
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Published
2019-10-13T02:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:45:38Z
Severity
  • 8.2 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

MatVarReadNextInfo4 in mat4.c in MATIO 1.5.17 omits a certain '\0' character, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read in strdupvprintf when uninitialized memory is accessed.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS

libpdl-io-matlab-perl

Package

Name
libpdl-io-matlab-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpdl-io-matlab-perl@0.006-4build1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.005-5build1
0.006-3
0.006-4build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libpdl-io-matlab-perl",
            "binary_version": "0.006-4build1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS

libpdl-io-matlab-perl

Package

Name
libpdl-io-matlab-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpdl-io-matlab-perl@0.006-5build3?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.006-5
0.006-5build1
0.006-5build2
0.006-5build3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libpdl-io-matlab-perl",
            "binary_version": "0.006-5build3"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.04

libpdl-io-matlab-perl

Package

Name
libpdl-io-matlab-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpdl-io-matlab-perl@0.006-6?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.006-5build4
0.006-5build5
0.006-6

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libpdl-io-matlab-perl",
            "binary_version": "0.006-6"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS

libmatio

Package

Name
libmatio
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libmatio@1.5.2-1ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5.2-1ubuntu1+esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.5.1-1
1.5.2-1
1.5.2-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libmatio-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.5.2-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libmatio2",
            "binary_version": "1.5.2-1ubuntu1+esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS

libmatio

Package

Name
libmatio
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libmatio@1.5.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.5.2-3build2
1.5.3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libmatio-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.5.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libmatio2",
            "binary_version": "1.5.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

libpdl-io-matlab-perl

Package

Name
libpdl-io-matlab-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpdl-io-matlab-perl@0.005-1build2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.005-1build1
0.005-1build2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libpdl-io-matlab-perl",
            "binary_version": "0.005-1build2"
        }
    ]
}

mldemos

Package

Name
mldemos
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mldemos@0.5.1-3build1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.5.1-3build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "mldemos",
            "binary_version": "0.5.1-3build1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS

libmatio

Package

Name
libmatio
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libmatio@1.5.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.5.10-1
1.5.11-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libmatio-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.5.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libmatio4",
            "binary_version": "1.5.11-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

libpdl-io-matlab-perl

Package

Name
libpdl-io-matlab-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpdl-io-matlab-perl@0.005-2build2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.005-2build2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libpdl-io-matlab-perl",
            "binary_version": "0.005-2build2"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS

libmatio

Package

Name
libmatio
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libmatio@1.5.17-3ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.5.17-3ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.5.13-3
1.5.17-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libmatio-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.5.17-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libmatio9",
            "binary_version": "1.5.17-3ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

libpdl-io-matlab-perl

Package

Name
libpdl-io-matlab-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpdl-io-matlab-perl@0.005-4?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.005-3build1
0.005-3build2
0.005-3build3
0.005-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libpdl-io-matlab-perl",
            "binary_version": "0.005-4"
        }
    ]
}

mldemos

Package

Name
mldemos
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mldemos@0.5.1+git.1.ee5d11f-4?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.5.1+git.1.ee5d11f-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "mldemos",
            "binary_version": "0.5.1+git.1.ee5d11f-4"
        }
    ]
}