Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Jan 29, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2015-8792

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.

Affected products

Matroska/Libmatroska
cpe:2.3:a:matroska:libmatroska:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=1.4.3
OpenSUSE/Leap
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OpenSUSE/openSUSE2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

lists.matroska.org/pipermail/matroska-users/2015-October/006985.htmlnvdPatch
github.com/Matroska-Org/libmatroska/blob/release-1.4.4/ChangeLognvdPatch
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00035.htmlnvd
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3526nvd
github.com/Matroska-Org/libmatroska/commit/0a2d3e3644a7453b6513db2f9bc270f77943573fnvd

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