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Description
An issue was discovered in matio 1.5.28. A heap-based memory corruption can occur in Mat_VarCreateStruct() when the nfields value does not match the actual number of strings in the fields array. This leads to out-of-bounds reads and invalid memory frees during cleanup, potentially causing a segmentation fault or heap corruption.SUSE information
Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products
This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1255825 [NEW] No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.SUSE Timeline for this CVE
CVE page created: Tue Dec 30 22:03:02 2025CVE page last modified: Wed Dec 31 22:37:13 2025