Buffer overflow in libebml - CVE-2015-8792
Published: January 29, 2016 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32311
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8792
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
libebml
libebml
Software vendor:
www.matroska.org
www.matroska.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The KaxInternalBlock::ReadData function in libMatroska before 1.4.4 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from process heap memory via crafted EBML lacing, which triggers an invalid memory access.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
External links
- 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-3526
- https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libmatroska/blob/release-1.4.4/ChangeLog
- https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libmatroska/commit/0a2d3e3644a7453b6513db2f9bc270f77943573f