Is CVE-2022-1515 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-1515 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-1515?

CVE-2022-1515 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-1515?

CVE-2022-1515 has an EPSS score of 0.67% (47th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-1515?

Upgrade libmatio on debian 11 to 1.5.19-2+deb11u1 or later. Fixes are available for 4 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-1515

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-401Missing Release of Memory (Memory Leak)

How to fix

Remediation Available

libmatioDebian

Fixed in:1.5.19-2+deb11u1CVE-2022-1515

Fixed in:1.5.22-1CVE-2022-1515

libmatioUbuntu

Fixed in:1.5.17-3ubuntu0.1~esm2USN-6829-1

Fixed in:1.5.21-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-6829-1

libmatio11Ubuntu

Fixed in:1.5.21-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-6829-1

libmatio9Ubuntu

Fixed in:1.5.17-3ubuntu0.1~esm2USN-6829-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.67%probability of exploitation in 30 days

47thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 47% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

bugzilla.redhat.com

Exploit1

github.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-401 (Missing Release of Memory (Memory Leak)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-13934	High	7.5	64%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-6304	High	7.5	63%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-12265	Medium	5.3	55%	-	Fix
CVE-2001-0136	Medium	5.0	45%	-	-
CVE-2016-4232	High	7.5	36%	-	-
CVE-2001-0543	Medium	5.0	21%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.