CVE-2015-8790

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    CVE-2015-8790

    Published: 29 Jan 2016Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: http://lists.matroska.org/pipermail/matroska-users/2015-October/006985.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/ababb64e0c792ad2a314245233db0833ba12036b, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00035.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85307, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95124, http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0036/

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High