CVE-2016-6855

7.5 HIGH
Published: September 07, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

Eye of GNOME (aka eog) 3.16.5, 3.17.x, 3.18.x before 3.18.3, 3.19.x, and 3.20.x before 3.20.4, when used with glib before 2.44.1, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) via vectors involving passing invalid UTF-8 to GMarkup.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00021.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138486/Gnome-Eye-Of-Gnome-3.10.2-Out-Of-Bounds-Write.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92616
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3069-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770143
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/commit/?id=e99a8c00f959652fe7c10e2fa5a3a7a5c25e6af4
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking Patch
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.16.5
Source: cve@mitre.org
Release Notes
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.18.3
Source: cve@mitre.org
Release Notes
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.20.4
Source: cve@mitre.org
Release Notes
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00018.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JVINHHR6VJKXTYYMAYKN5GROKHVT4UKB/
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T6GFDHLNPUG7JHWM3QLXQNRA7NZGU2KI/
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40291/
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00021.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138486/Gnome-Eye-Of-Gnome-3.10.2-Out-Of-Bounds-Write.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92616
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3069-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770143
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/commit/?id=e99a8c00f959652fe7c10e2fa5a3a7a5c25e6af4
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking Patch
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.16.5
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release Notes
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.18.3
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release Notes
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.20.4
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Release Notes
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00018.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JVINHHR6VJKXTYYMAYKN5GROKHVT4UKB/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T6GFDHLNPUG7JHWM3QLXQNRA7NZGU2KI/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40291/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

26 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
18.9%
97th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787

Affected Vendors

fedoraproject gnome canonical opensuse

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