CVE-2015-8792

Published: Jan 29, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

5.3

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 1.4

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (4)

Products: Matroska: Libmatroska · Opensuse: Leap, Opensuse

1 product

2 products

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Matroska Libmatroska	Up to 1.4.3

Configuration B

3 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Opensuse Leap	Version 42.1
Opensuse Opensuse	Version 13.1
Opensuse Opensuse	Version 13.2

Related CWEs

CWE-119

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

CWE-200

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

References (10)

http://lists.matroska.org/pipermail/matroska-users/2015-October/006985.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00035.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3526

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libmatroska/blob/release-1.4.4/ChangeLog

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libmatroska/commit/0a2d3e3644a7453b6513db2f9bc270f77943573f

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.matroska.org/pipermail/matroska-users/2015-October/006985.html