An issue was discovered in matio 1.5.28. A heap-based memory corruption can occur in Mat_VarCreateStruct() when the nfields value does not match the actual number of strings in the fields array. This leads to out-of-bounds reads and invalid memory frees during cleanup, potentially causing a segmentation fault or heap corruption.
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Tue, 30 Dec 2025 20:00:00 +0000
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| Description | An issue was discovered in matio 1.5.28. A heap-based memory corruption can occur in Mat_VarCreateStruct() when the nfields value does not match the actual number of strings in the fields array. This leads to out-of-bounds reads and invalid memory frees during cleanup, potentially causing a segmentation fault or heap corruption. | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2025-12-30T19:44:32.448Z
Reserved: 2025-06-16T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2025-50343
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Status : Received
Published: 2025-12-30T20:16:00.217
Modified: 2025-12-30T20:16:00.217
Link: CVE-2025-50343
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