CVE-2015-8790

NameCVE-2015-8790
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-438-1, DSA-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
trixie, sid1.4.5-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libebmlsourcesqueeze0.7.7-3.1+deb6u1DLA-438-1
libebmlsourcewheezy1.2.2-2+deb7u1DSA-3538-1
libebmlsourcejessie1.3.0-2+deb8u1DSA-3538-1
libebmlsource(unstable)1.3.3-1

Notes

https://lists.matroska.org/pipermail/matroska-users/2015-October/006985.html
https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/commit/ababb64e0c792ad2a314245233db0833ba12036b

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