4.3
CVSSv2

CVE-2015-8790

Published: 29/01/2016 Updated: 20/01/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 1.4 | Exploitability Score: 2.8
VMScore: 383
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

The EbmlUnicodeString::UpdateFromUTF8 function in libEBML prior to 1.3.3 allows context-dependent malicious users to obtain sensitive information from process heap memory via a crafted UTF-8 string, which triggers an invalid memory access.

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Several vulnerabilities were discovered in libebml, a library for manipulating Extensible Binary Meta Language files CVE-2015-8789 Context-dependent attackers could trigger a use-after-free vulnerability by providing a maliciously crafted EBML document CVE-2015-8790 Context-dependent attackers could obtain sensitive information f ...