| Name | CVE-2015-8789 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3538-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libebml (PTS) | bookworm | 1.4.4-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| trixie | 1.4.5-1 | fixed | |
| forky, sid | 1.4.7-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libebml | source | squeeze | (not affected) | |||
| libebml | source | wheezy | 1.2.2-2+deb7u1 | DSA-3538-1 | ||
| libebml | source | jessie | 1.3.0-2+deb8u1 | DSA-3538-1 | ||
| libebml | source | (unstable) | 1.3.3-1 |
[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