UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8792

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8792
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8792.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8792
Upstream
Published
2016-01-29T19:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:31Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libmatroska

Package

Name
libmatroska
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libmatroska@1.4.1-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4.1-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.3.0-2
1.4.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.4.1-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libmatroska-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.4.1-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1",
            "binary_name": "libmatroska6"
        }
    ]
}