CVE-2016-6855
N/A
Published: September 7, 2016 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:51 AM UTC
6 products affected across 4 vendorsFedoraUbuntu LinuxLeap
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 18%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00021.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3069-1
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/commit/?id=e99a8c00f959652fe7c10e2fa5a3a7a5c25e6af4
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JVINHHR6VJKXTYYMAYKN5GROKHVT4UKB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T6GFDHLNPUG7JHWM3QLXQNRA7NZGU2KI/
References (13)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00021.htmlx_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138486/Gnome-Eye-Of-Gnome-3.10.2-Out-Of-Bounds-Write.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92616Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3069-1x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770143x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/commit/?id=e99a8c00f959652fe7c10e2fa5a3a7a5c25e6af4x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes
Source: [email protected]
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.16.5x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes
Source: [email protected]
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.18.3Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787
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