Bug 1303861 (CVE-2015-8790)

Summary: CVE-2015-8790 libebml: the EbmlUnicodeString::UpdateFromUTF8 function leaks information
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: dmitry, dominik, hdegoede, itamar, kwizart, martin.sourada
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Fixed In Version: libebml 1.3.3 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Description Andrej Nemec 2016-02-02 09:22:08 UTC
The EbmlUnicodeString::UpdateFromUTF8 function in libEBML before 1.3.3 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from process heap memory via a crafted UTF-8 string, which triggers an invalid memory access.

External references:

http://www.scip.ch/en/?vuldb.80728
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-8790

Upstream fix:

https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/commit/ababb64e0c792ad2a314245233db0833ba12036b

Comment 1 Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski 2017-01-13 10:14:16 UTC
*** Bug 1412629 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***