CVE-2015-8790 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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Reference

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/85307 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95124 http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0036/ https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/blob/release-1.3.3/ChangeLog https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/commit/ababb64e0c792ad2a314245233db0833ba12036b

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

4.3