| 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, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1100992 |
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 |
| bookworm | 1.5.23-2 | vulnerable |
| trixie, sid | 1.5.28-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libmatio | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 1100992 |
Notes
[bookworm] - libmatio <postponed> (Minor issue, revisit when fixed upstream)
[bullseye] - libmatio <postponed> (Minor issue, revisit when fixed upstream)
https://github.com/tbeu/matio/issues/269