A memory leak was discovered in Mat_VarCalloc in mat.c in matio 1.5.17 because SafeMulDims does not consider the rank==0 case.

published 2019-12-27 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-10608

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits: 0; none known

Patch / fix

distros 1

matio openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.5.21-1.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11040-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-20052 updated 2026-01-13 cvss 6.5

matio: memory leak in Mat_VarCalloc in mat.c

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not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

1.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/tbeu/matio/issues/131 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

github.com /tbeu/matio/issues/131
exploit, issue-tracking, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-20052
NVD CVE-2019-20052

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Summary