CVE-2025-2337

Publication date 16 March 2025

Last updated 20 July 2026

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in tbeu matio 1.5.28. This issue affects the function Mat_VarPrint of the file src/mat.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libmatio	26.04 LTS resolute	Not affected
	25.10 questing	Ignored end of life, was needed
	25.04 plucky	Ignored end of life, was needed
	24.10 oracular	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.04 LTS noble	Vulnerable
	22.04 LTS jammy	Vulnerable
	20.04 LTS focal	Vulnerable
	18.04 LTS bionic	Vulnerable
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored end of ESM support, was needed
	14.04 LTS trusty	Vulnerable

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libmatio	Upstream: 6700089

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:

Base score 5.3 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Attack requirements	None
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Passive
Vulnerable system - Confidentiality impact	Low
Vulnerable system - Integrity impact	Low
Vulnerable system - Availability impact	Low
Subsequent system - Confidentiality impact	None
Subsequent system - Integrity impact	None
Subsequent system - Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.3 · Medium
Base + Threat score	-
Base + Environmental score	-
Base + Threat + Environmental score	-

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Base score 6.3 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	Low

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.3 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L