Upstream information

CVE-2015-8789 at MITRE

Description

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 9.3
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 961031 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 964395 [RESOLVED / DUPLICATE]

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jan 29 22:15:13 2016
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 7 12:47:23 2022