CVE-2015-8789

NameCVE-2015-8789
DescriptionUse-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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-3538-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libebml (PTS)bullseye1.4.2-1fixed
bookworm1.4.4-1fixed
sid, trixie1.4.5-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libebmlsourcesqueeze(not affected)
libebmlsourcewheezy1.2.2-2+deb7u1DSA-3538-1
libebmlsourcejessie1.3.0-2+deb8u1DSA-3538-1
libebmlsource(unstable)1.3.3-1

Notes

[squeeze] - libebml <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
http://lists.matroska.org/pipermail/matroska-users/2015-October/006985.html
https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/commit/88409e2a94dd3b40ff81d08bf6d92f486d036b24

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