CVE-2016-6855

eog: Out-of-bounds write when passing invalid UTF-8 to GMarkup

Published Sep 7, 2016 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 18.4% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-605-1 eog security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2185-1 eog security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-7740 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3069-1 Eye of GNOME vulnerability
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.03424}

epss

{'score': 0.0255}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 1:43 AM
Reserved
Aug 18, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 7, 2016, 6:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:51 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Aug 19, 2016, 12:00 AM