{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8790","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-22T10:23:51.806618Z","published":"2016-01-29T19:59:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2015-8790"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8790"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/commit/ababb64e0c792ad2a314245233db0833ba12036b"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/Matroska-Org/libebml/blob/release-1.3.3/ChangeLog"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00035.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://lists.matroska.org/pipermail/matroska-users/2015-October/006985.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8790"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libebml","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libebml@1.3.0-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.3.0-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1"}]}],"versions":["1.2.2-2","1.3.0-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.3.0-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1","binary_name":"libebml4"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8790.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}