CVE-2015-8789
CRITICALlibEBML < 1.3.3 - Use-After-Free via Deeply Nested EBML Element
Title source: llmDescription
Use-after-free vulnerability in the EbmlMaster::Read function in libEBML before 1.3.3 allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via a "deeply nested element with infinite size" followed by another element of an upper level in an EBML document.
References (7)
Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3538
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94924
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00035.html
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/commit/88409e2a94dd3b40ff81d08bf6d92f486d036b24
Vendor Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://lists.matroska.org/pipermail/matroska-users/2015-October/006985.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/blob/release-1.3.3/ChangeLog
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0037/
Scores
CVSS v3
9.6
EPSS
0.0213
EPSS Percentile
79.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
matroska/libebml
< 1.3.2
Published
Jan 29, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026