Buffer overflow in Gnome Eye_of_gnome
CVE-2016-6855
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 pas…
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.034 (87.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Gnome Eye_of_gnome — versions 3.16.5, 3.17.1, 3.17.2
- Gnome Glib — versions 2.44.0
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 12.04, 14.04, 16.04
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 23, 24
- Opensuse Leap — versions 42.1
- Opensuse — versions 13.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Release Notes)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking)
- 40291 (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Release Notes)
- 92616 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- FEDORA-2016-0f8779baa6 (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- USN-3069-1 (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- openSUSE-SU-2016:2242 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-6855?
- CVE-2016-6855 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnome Eye_of_gnome, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-09-07.
- How severe is CVE-2016-6855?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-6855 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.