CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-8790

4.3 MEDIUM Published 2016-01-29 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-01-29
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-200

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.

Affected configurations

• matroska libebml (<= 1.3.2)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References