CVE-2016-6855

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-6855
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-09-07 18:59:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionEye 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 0.040390000 probability, percentile 0.885830000 (date 2026-05-12)

Problem Types: CWE-787 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 24 All All All
Application Gnome Eye Of Gnome 3.16.5 All All All
Application Gnome Eye Of Gnome 3.17.1 All All All
Application Gnome Eye Of Gnome 3.17.2 All All All
Application Gnome Eye Of Gnome 3.17.3 All All All
Application Gnome Eye Of Gnome 3.17.90 All All All
Application Gnome Eye Of Gnome 3.17.91 All All All
Application Gnome Eye Of Gnome 3.17.92 All All All
Application Gnome Eye Of Gnome 3.18.0 All All All
Application Gnome Eye Of Gnome 3.18.1 All All All
Application Gnome Eye Of Gnome 3.18.2 All All All
Application Gnome Eye Of Gnome 3.19.1 All All All
Application Gnome Eye Of Gnome 3.19.2 All All All
Application Gnome Eye Of Gnome 3.19.3 All All All
Application Gnome Eye Of Gnome 3.19.4 All All All
Application Gnome Eye Of Gnome 3.19.90 All All All
Application Gnome Eye Of Gnome 3.19.91 All All All
Application Gnome Eye Of Gnome 3.19.92 All All All
Application Gnome Eye Of Gnome 3.20.0 All All All
Application Gnome Eye Of Gnome 3.20.1 All All All
Application Gnome Eye Of Gnome 3.20.2 All All All
Application Gnome Eye Of Gnome 3.20.3 All All All
Application Gnome Glib 2.44.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
openSUSE-SU-2016:2242-1: moderate: Security update for eog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnome.org Release Notes
USN-3069-1: Eye of GNOME vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Gnome Eye Of Gnome CVE-2016-6855 Out of Bounds Write Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: eog-3.20.4-1.fc24 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
eog - Browse and rotate images af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnome.org Issue Tracking, Patch
[SECURITY] [DLA 2185-1] eog security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org
Gnome Eye Of Gnome 3.10.2 Out-Of-Bounds Write ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: eog-3.18.3-1.fc23 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Bug 770143 – CVE-2016-6855 out-of-bounds write in eog 3.10.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.gnome.org Issue Tracking
git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnome.org Release Notes
Eye of Gnome 3.10.2 - GMarkup Out of Bounds Write - Linux dos Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnome.org Release Notes
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: eog-3.18.3-1.fc23 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: eog-3.20.4-1.fc24 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 374377 EulerOS Security Update for eog (EulerOS-SA-2020-2341)
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