CVE-2016-6855
high-risk
Published 2016-09-07
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.
Do I need to act?
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4.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.5/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (20)
Affected Vendors
References (26)
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00021.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92616
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3069-1
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770143
Release Notes
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.16.5
Release Notes
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.18.3
Release Notes
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.20.4
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00021.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92616
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3069-1
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770143
Release Notes
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.16.5
and 6 more references
62
/ 100
high-risk
Severity
26/34 · High
Exploitability
14/34 · Moderate
Exposure
22/34 · High