| Name | CVE-2015-8792 |
| 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. |
| 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-420-1, DSA-3526-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libmatroska (PTS) | bullseye | 1.6.2-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 1.7.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libmatroska | source | squeeze | 0.8.1-1.1+deb6u1 | DLA-420-1 | ||
| libmatroska | source | wheezy | 1.3.0-2+deb7u1 | DSA-3526-1 | ||
| libmatroska | source | jessie | 1.4.1-2+deb8u1 | DSA-3526-1 | ||
| libmatroska | source | (unstable) | 1.4.4-1 |
http://lists.matroska.org/pipermail/matroska-users/2015-October/006985.html
https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libmatroska/commit/0a2d3e3644a7453b6513db2f9bc270f77943573f