CVE-2015-8791
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-200
Information Leak / Disclosure
Publication date:
29/01/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025
Description
The EbmlElement::ReadCodedSizeValue function in libEBML before 1.3.3 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from process heap memory via a crafted length value in an EBML id, which triggers an invalid memory access.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
4.30
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:matroska:libebml:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1.3.2 (including) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://lists.matroska.org/pipermail/matroska-users/2015-October/006985.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00035.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3538
- https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/blob/release-1.3.3/ChangeLog
- https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/commit/24e5cd7c666b1ddd85619d60486db0a5481c1b90
- http://lists.matroska.org/pipermail/matroska-users/2015-October/006985.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00035.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3538
- https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/blob/release-1.3.3/ChangeLog
- https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/commit/24e5cd7c666b1ddd85619d60486db0a5481c1b90



