| Name | CVE-2015-8790 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-438-1, DSA-3538-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libebml (PTS) | buster | 1.3.6-2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.4.2-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 1.4.4-1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 1.4.5-1 | 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 | 0.7.7-3.1+deb6u1 | DLA-438-1 | ||
| 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 |
https://lists.matroska.org/pipermail/matroska-users/2015-October/006985.html
https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/commit/ababb64e0c792ad2a314245233db0833ba12036b