CVE-2015-8789
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8789
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-8789.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-8789
- Downstream
- Published
- 2016-01-29T19:59:01Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:26Z
- Severity
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- 9.6 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://lists.matroska.org/pipermail/matroska-users/2015-October/006985.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3538
- https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/blob/release-1.3.3/ChangeLog
- https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/commit/88409e2a94dd3b40ff81d08bf6d92f486d036b24
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00035.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94924
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0037/