GNOME Eye Of Gnome Format String Vulnerability

BID:7121

Info

GNOME Eye Of Gnome Format String Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7121
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2003-0165
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Mar 28 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 11 2009 09:06PM
Credit: Discovery of this issue is credited to Diego Kelyacoubian, Javier Kohen, Alberto Solino, and Juan Vera from Core Security Technologies.
Vulnerable: GNOME eog 2.2 .0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.1 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.1
+ Redhat Linux 9.0 i386
 GNOME eog 1.1.4
GNOME eog 1.1.3
GNOME eog 1.1.2
GNOME eog 1.1.1
GNOME eog 1.0.4
GNOME eog 1.0.3
GNOME eog 1.0.2
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.0
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i686
 + Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
 + Redhat Linux 8.0
GNOME eog 1.0.1
GNOME eog 1.0 .0
Not Vulnerable: GNOME eog 2.2.1

Discussion

GNOME Eye Of Gnome Format String Vulnerability

GNOME Eye of Gnome (EOG) image viewer is prone to a format string vulnerability. This condition may lead to execution of arbitrary code if malicious format specifiers are supplied to the program via the command line. As some utilities may be configured to invoke EOG as the handler for images through a mailcap entry, this may allow for local privilege escalation or possibly remote exploitation.

Exploit / POC

GNOME Eye Of Gnome Format String Vulnerability

The following proof of concept was provided:

$ /usr/bin/eog this_is_an_invalid_file_%n%n

Solution / Fix

GNOME Eye Of Gnome Format String Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has addressed this issue in Eye of Gnome version 2.2.1. Users are advised to upgrade.


GNOME eog 1.0 .0

GNOME eog 1.0.1

GNOME eog 1.0.2

GNOME eog 1.0.3

GNOME eog 1.0.4

GNOME eog 1.1.1

GNOME eog 1.1.2

GNOME eog 1.1.3

GNOME eog 1.1.4

GNOME eog 2.2 .0

References

GNOME Eye Of Gnome Format String Vulnerability

References:

© CVE.report 2026

Use of this information constitutes acceptance for use in an AS IS condition. There are NO warranties, implied or otherwise, with regard to this information or its use. Any use of this information is at the user's risk. It is the responsibility of user to evaluate the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of any information, opinion, advice or other content. EACH USER WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY consequences of his or her direct or indirect use of this web site. ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND ARE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. This site will NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT or any other kind of loss.

CVE, CWE, and OVAL are registred trademarks of The MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. This site includes MITRE data granted under the following license.

Free CVE JSON API cve.report/api

CVE.report and Source URL Uptime Status status.cve.report