CVE-2016-6855

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-6855
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-09-07T18:59:05
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-30T16:27:35
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-787 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
AND
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* 1 OR
AND
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.16.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.18.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.20.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.20.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:glib:2.44.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.16.5 Release Notes
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00021.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92616 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3069-1 Third Party Advisory
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.20.4 Release Notes
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770143 Issue Tracking
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T6GFDHLNPUG7JHWM3QLXQNRA7NZGU2KI/ Third Party Advisory
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/commit/?id=e99a8c00f959652fe7c10e2fa5a3a7a5c25e6af4 Issue Tracking Patch
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.18.3 Release Notes
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138486/Gnome-Eye-Of-Gnome-3.10.2-Out-Of-Bounds-Write.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JVINHHR6VJKXTYYMAYKN5GROKHVT4UKB/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40291/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00018.html
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6855
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6855
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 17:56:25 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 11:00:27 2016-09-07T18:59Z 2016-09-07T18:59:05 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 11:00:27 2018-10-30T16:27:35 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 11:00:27 Modified Vulnerability Status updated