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Case File

CVE-2015-8790

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 1.85% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-01-29 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
github.com ↗ github.com ↗

Note: these links are listed for security research and verification purposes only.

CVE
CVE-2015-8790
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.3
EPSS
1.85%

Original Filing — NVD Description

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.