OSV-2023-1140 Heap-buffer-overflow in H5MM_strdup

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A heap-buffer-overflow in the HDF5 library can cause a crash when processing malformed files, leading to denial of service.

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Fix
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What is OSV-2023-1140?

OSV-2023-1140 is a memory corruption vulnerability in matio, published on 12 Nov 2023.

Official description

OSS-Fuzz report: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=64092

Crash type: Heap-buffer-overflow READ {*}
Crash state:
H5MM_strdup
H5G__stab_get_name_by_idx_cb
H5G__node_by_idx

Which versions are affected by OSV-2023-1140?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including matio.

PackageAffectedFixed in
matio OSS-FuzzAll versionsNone

How do I fix OSV-2023-1140?

No fix has been published for OSV-2023-1140 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is OSV-2023-1140 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of OSV-2023-1140 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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