CVE - CVE-2015-8791

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-8791	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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CONFIRM:https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/blob/release-1.3.3/ChangeLog CONFIRM:https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/commit/24e5cd7c666b1ddd85619d60486db0a5481c1b90 DEBIAN:DSA-3538 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3538 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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