Description
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.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
openSUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| openSUSE Tumbleweed | matio | 1.5.21-1.2 | openSUSE-SU-2024:11040-1 |
Advisories 1
- openSUSE-SU-2024:11040-1 libmatio-devel-1.5.21-1.2 on GA media SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Feb 4, 2026