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CVE-2022-1515

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-05-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-401

Description

A memory leak was discovered in matio 1.5.21 and earlier in Mat_VarReadNextInfo5() in mat5.c via a crafted file. This issue can potentially result in DoS.

Affected products

• tbeu matio: before 1.5.22 — fixed in 1.5.22

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: tbeu matio 1.5.22. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2079986
• https://github.com/tbeu/matio/issues/186
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2079986
• https://github.com/tbeu/matio/issues/186

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