Name: CVE-2015-8790: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-01-29T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2015-8790, CWE-200, CVSS 4.3, EPSS 0.00536

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.3
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Alpine Linux	—	Upgrade libebml	Aug 30, 2017	Jan 29, 2016
Debian	—	Upgrade libebml	Apr 7, 2016	Jan 29, 2016
Freebsd	—	Upgrade libebml	Dec 10, 2025	Feb 4, 2017
Suse	—	Upgrade vlc-noxUpgrade vlc-noX-debuginfoUpgrade libvlc5-debuginfoUpgrade vlc-qt-debuginfoUpgrade vlc-noX-langUpgrade vlc-develUpgrade libvlccore8-debuginfoUpgrade vlcUpgrade vlc-debuginfoUpgrade libvlc5Upgrade vlc-qtUpgrade libvlccore8Upgrade vlc-debugsource	Feb 2, 2017	Jan 29, 2016
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade libebml	Nov 19, 2024	Jan 29, 2016

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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