CVE-2015-8792 Information disclosure in n/a
Attackers can read sensitive heap memory via crafted EBML lacing in libMatroska, potentially exposing private data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2015-8792?
CVE-2015-8792 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, published on 29 Jan 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The KaxInternalBlock::ReadData function in libMatroska before 1.4.4 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from process heap memory via crafted EBML lacing, which triggers an invalid memory access.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-8792?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Matroska Libmatroska, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse.
How do I fix CVE-2015-8792?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2015-8792 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-8792 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8792, DLA-420-1, DSA-3526-1, GHSA-fw7f-4x98-8cg9, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8792.