CVE-2015-8789 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00379.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Matroska	Libebml

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:matroska:libebml:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
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
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94924
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0037/
https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/blob/release-1.3.3/ChangeLog
https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/commit/88409e2a94dd3b40ff81d08bf6d92f486d036b24

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-01-29T19:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T08:29:22.017Z

Reserved: 2016-01-29T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-8789

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-01-29T19:59:01.233

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2015-8789

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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