CVE-2015-8789 (GCVE-0-2015-8789)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-01-29 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:29
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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.
Severity
9.6 (Critical)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
7 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3538 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94924 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-0… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/commit/88… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://lists.matroska.org/pipermail/matroska-user… | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/blob/rele… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-20… | x_refsource_MISC |
Date Public
2015-10-20 00:00
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