CVE-2015-8791 is a heap information disclosure vulnerability affecting libEBML before version 1.3.3, including products like matroska. An attacker can exploit this by crafting a malicious EBML id with a specific length value, leading to an invalid memory access and potential disclosure of sensitive process heap memory. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and network access (AV:N) for exploitation, primarily impacting confidentiality (C:L). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat level.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:matroska:libebml:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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