5.3

CVE-2015-8792: matroska libmatroska

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-8792DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8792DLA-420-1
Published 29-01-2016Last modified 06-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-8792 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in matroska libmatroska. EPSS estimates a 1.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.45%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 29-01-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.45%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

73%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.45% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Opensuse2 products
Debian1 product
  • libmatroska< 1.4.4-1 | < 0.8.1-1.1+deb6u1 | < 1.3.0-2+deb7u1 | < 1.4.1-2+deb8u1
Matroska1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • libmatroska< 1.4.1-2+deb8u1build0.14.04.1

4 vendors · 5 products

References

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