CVE-2025-2338

Name	CVE-2025-2338
Description	A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in tbeu matio 1.5.28. Affected is the function strdup_vprintf of the file src/io.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-4459-1
Debian Bugs	1104247

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
libmatio (PTS)	bullseye	1.5.19-2	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	1.5.19-2+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	1.5.23-2	vulnerable
	trixie	1.5.28-2	vulnerable
	forky, sid	1.5.30-2	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
libmatio	source	bullseye	1.5.19-2+deb11u1		DLA-4459-1
libmatio	source	(unstable)	1.5.29-1			1104247

Notes

[trixie] - libmatio <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - libmatio <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/tbeu/matio/issues/269
Fixed by: https://github.com/tbeu/matio/commit/7b31881ea1da30b075658502961dfcc95353d9ae (v1.5.29)