CVE-2015-8790 Information disclosure in n/a
Attackers can read sensitive heap memory via crafted UTF-8 strings in libEBML, potentially exposing private data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-8790?
CVE-2015-8790 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 29 Jan 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8790?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Matroska Libebml.
How do I fix CVE-2015-8790?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2015-8790 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8790 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as CVE-2016-1514, DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8790, GHSA-jhvm-j3gg-ph57, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8790.