CVE-2015-8789
N/A
Published: January 29, 2016 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:35 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLibebml
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 1.3.2
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.matroska.org/pipermail/matroska-users/2015-October/006985.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00035.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3538x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/blob/release-1.3.3/ChangeLogx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/commit/88409e2a94dd3b40ff81d08bf6d92f486d036b24Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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