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CVE-2016-6855 Details

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 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector: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

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00021.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138486/Gnome-Eye-Of-Gnome-3.10.2-Out-Of-Bounds-Write.html	CVE	ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770143	CVE	Issue Tracking
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/commit/?id=e99a8c00f959652fe7c10e2fa5a3a7a5c25e6af4	CVE	Issue TrackingPatch
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.16.5	CVE	Release Notes
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.18.3	CVE	Release Notes
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.20.4	CVE	Release Notes
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00018.html	CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JVINHHR6VJKXTYYMAYKN5GROKHVT4UKB/	CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T6GFDHLNPUG7JHWM3QLXQNRA7NZGU2KI/	CVE
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40291/	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92616	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3069-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00021.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138486/Gnome-Eye-Of-Gnome-3.10.2-Out-Of-Bounds-Write.html	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770143	[email protected]	Issue Tracking
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/commit/?id=e99a8c00f959652fe7c10e2fa5a3a7a5c25e6af4	[email protected]	Issue TrackingPatch
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.16.5	[email protected]	Release Notes
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.18.3	[email protected]	Release Notes
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.20.4	[email protected]	Release Notes
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00018.html	[email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JVINHHR6VJKXTYYMAYKN5GROKHVT4UKB/	[email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T6GFDHLNPUG7JHWM3QLXQNRA7NZGU2KI/	[email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40291/	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92616	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3069-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

see all 26 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-787	Out-of-bounds Write	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
fedoraproject fedora	23 24
CPE cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
opensuse leap	42.1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
opensuse opensuse	13.2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	12.04 14.04 16.04
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::lts::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
gnome eye of gnome	3.16.5 3.17.1 3.17.2 3.17.3 3.17.90
CPE cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.16.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.90:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.91:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.92:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.18.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.18.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.18.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.90:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.91:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.92:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.20.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.20.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.20.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.20.3:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
gnome glib	2.44.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:gnome:glib:2.44.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

12 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 25, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 30, 2018	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 30, 2018	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Sep 3, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 8, 2017	Reanalysis	[email protected]
Sep 8, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Sep 8, 2016	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

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