CVE-2016-6855

Public Exploit

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.26% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.20.4 release notes
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/commit/?id=e99a8c00f959652fe7c10e2fa5a3a7a5c25e6af4 issue tracking patch
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40291/ exploit
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.16.5 release notes
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92616 vdb entry third party advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T6GFDHLNPUG7JHWM3QLXQNRA7NZGU2KI/ vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3069-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00021.html third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770143 issue tracking
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138486/Gnome-Eye-Of-Gnome-3.10.2-Out-Of-Bounds-Write.html exploit vdb entry third party advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JVINHHR6VJKXTYYMAYKN5GROKHVT4UKB/ vendor advisory
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.18.3 release notes
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00018.html mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-6855?
CVE-2016-6855 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-6855?
To fix CVE-2016-6855, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-6855 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-6855 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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