HIGH
eog: Out-of-bounds write when passing invalid UTF-8 to GMarkup
Published Sep 7, 2016
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 18.86%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
OR
- 23
- 24
Configuration 3
OR
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 16.04
Configuration 4
AND
OR
- 3.16.5
- 3.17.1
- 3.17.2
- 3.17.3
- 3.17.90
- 3.17.91
- 3.17.92
- 3.18.0
- 3.18.1
- 3.18.2
- 3.19.1
- 3.19.2
- 3.19.3
- 3.19.4
- 3.19.90
- 3.19.91
- 3.19.92
- 3.20.0
- 3.20.1
- 3.20.2
- 3.20.3
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
eog
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
eog
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
eog
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | eog | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | eog | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | eog | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
3.3 LOW Red Hat
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
18.86% 0.18862
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.18862
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 18.86% (0.18862) | 97.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 18.86% (0.18862) | 97.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 16.41% (0.16410) | 96.89th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 18.86% (0.18862) | 97.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 16.41% (0.16410) | 96.83th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 18.86% (0.18862) | 97.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 16.41% (0.16410) | 96.81th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 18.86% (0.18862) | 97.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 16.41% (0.16410) | 96.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 18.86% (0.18862) | 96.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 8, 2025 | 3.54% (0.03543) | 87.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.26% (0.02262) | 83.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 7.13% (0.07132) | 93.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.24% (0.02236) | 89.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.24% (0.02236) | 87.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 18.33% (0.18327) | 96.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 18.33% (0.18327) | 95.99th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 18.33% (0.18327) | 93.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (17)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00021.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138486/Gnome-Eye-Of-Gnome-3.10.2-Out-Of-Bounds-Write.html x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92616 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3069-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6855 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770143 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1369087 Issue Tracking
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/commit/?id=e99a8c00f959652fe7c10e2fa5a3a7a5c25e6af4 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.16.5 x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.18.3 x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.20.4 x_refsource_CONFIRMRelease Notes
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00018.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JVINHHR6VJKXTYYMAYKN5GROKHVT4UKB/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T6GFDHLNPUG7JHWM3QLXQNRA7NZGU2KI/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6855
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6855
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40291/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 7, 2016
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Aug 18, 2016
Link CVE-2016-6855
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a