CVE-2015-8789 - Use-after-free vulnerability in the EbmlMaster::Read function in libEBML before 1.3.3 allows context

CVE-2015-8789

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in the EbmlMaster::Read function in libEBML before 1.3.3 allows context-dependent attackers to have unspecified impact via a "deeply nested element with infinite size" followed by another element of an upper level in an EBML document. <a href="http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html">CWE-416: Use After Free</a>

References

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:matroska:libebml:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:matroska:libebml:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	9.3 (as of 20-01-2017 - 02:59)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	MEDIUM	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
COMPLETE	COMPLETE	COMPLETE

cvss-vector via4

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

refmap via4

bid	94924
confirm	https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/blob/release-1.3.3/ChangeLog https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/commit/88409e2a94dd3b40ff81d08bf6d92f486d036b24
debian	DSA-3538
misc	http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0037/
mlist	[matroska-users] 20151020 libEBML v1.3.3, libMatroska v1.4.4 released: important fixes
suse	openSUSE-SU-2016:0125

Last major update

20-01-2017 - 02:59

Published

29-01-2016 - 19:59

Last modified

20-01-2017 - 02:59