vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2015-8792: libmatroska Out-of-bounds heap read in KaxInternalBlockReadData()
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Jan 29, 2016 | Aug 30, 2017 | Jan 29, 2019 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Jan 29, 2016
Added
Aug 30, 2017
Modified
Jan 29, 2019
Description
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.
Solutions
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