CVE-2015-8790

MEDIUM

libebml < 1.3.2 - Exposure of Sensitive Information via Crafted UTF-8 String

Title source: llm

Description

The EbmlUnicodeString::UpdateFromUTF8 function in libEBML before 1.3.3 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from process heap memory via a crafted UTF-8 string, which triggers an invalid memory access.

References (8)

Core 8

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/95124

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/ababb64e0c792ad2a314245233db0833ba12036b

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0036/

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, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85307

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3

EPSS 0.0185

EPSS Percentile 76.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-200

Status published

Products (1)

matroska/libebml < 1.3.2

Published Jan 29, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026