CVE - CVE-2015-8790

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-8790	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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
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BID:85307 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/85307 BID:95124 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95124 CONFIRM:https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/blob/release-1.3.3/ChangeLog CONFIRM:https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/commit/ababb64e0c792ad2a314245233db0833ba12036b DEBIAN:DSA-3538 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3538 MISC:http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0036/ MLIST:[matroska-users] 20151020 libEBML v1.3.3, libMatroska v1.4.4 released: important fixes URL:http://lists.matroska.org/pipermail/matroska-users/2015-October/006985.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2016:0125 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00035.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20160129	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20160129)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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