CVE-2016-6855

Summary

CVECVE-2016-6855
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-09-07 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:34:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-787

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 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
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 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
Application Gnome Glib 2.44.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
eog - Browse and rotate images CONFIRM git.gnome.org Issue Tracking, Patch
openSUSE-SU-2016:2242-1: moderate: Security update for eog SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2185-1] eog security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: eog-3.20.4-1.fc24 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Gnome Eye Of Gnome 3.10.2 Out-Of-Bounds Write ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-3069-1: Eye of GNOME vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS CONFIRM git.gnome.org Release Notes
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: eog-3.18.3-1.fc23 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Eye of Gnome 3.10.2 - GMarkup Out of Bounds Write - Linux dos Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
Bug 770143 – CVE-2016-6855 out-of-bounds write in eog 3.10.2 CONFIRM bugzilla.gnome.org Issue Tracking
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: eog-3.20.4-1.fc24 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Gnome Eye Of Gnome CVE-2016-6855 Out of Bounds Write Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS CONFIRM git.gnome.org Release Notes
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: eog-3.18.3-1.fc23 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS CONFIRM git.gnome.org Release Notes
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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