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CVE-2015-8792

Published: Jan 29, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-119
5.3MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.5%
Top 29.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:LI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-119CWE-200

Affected Products

opensuse
oss-project·DE
leapOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
opensuseOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
matroska
oss-projectaka libebml2
libmatroskaOn-prem
OSS Libraries / generic-library
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

3 techniques
Collection
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libmatroska/blob/release-1.4.4/ChangeLog
github.com
https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libmatroska/commit/0a2d3e3644a7453b6513db2f9bc270f77943573f
github.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00035.html
lists.opensuse.org
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