high
7.5
CWE
787
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2016-6855

First published: Wed Sep 07 2016(Updated: )

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.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Fedora=23
Fedora=24
SUSE openSUSE=42.1
openSUSE libeconf=13.2
Ubuntu Linux=12.04
Ubuntu Linux=14.04
Ubuntu Linux=16.04
Eye of GNOME=3.16.5
Eye of GNOME=3.17.1
Eye of GNOME=3.17.2
Eye of GNOME=3.17.3
Eye of GNOME=3.17.90
Eye of GNOME=3.17.91
Eye of GNOME=3.17.92
Eye of GNOME=3.18.0
Eye of GNOME=3.18.1
Eye of GNOME=3.18.2
Eye of GNOME=3.19.1
Eye of GNOME=3.19.2
Eye of GNOME=3.19.3
Eye of GNOME=3.19.4
Eye of GNOME=3.19.90
Eye of GNOME=3.19.91
Eye of GNOME=3.19.92
Eye of GNOME=3.20.0
Eye of GNOME=3.20.1
Eye of GNOME=3.20.2
Eye of GNOME=3.20.3
GNOME libraries=2.44.0

Remedy

https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/commit/?id=e99a8c00f959652fe7c10e2fa5a3a7a5c25e6af4

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the severity of CVE-2016-6855?

    CVE-2016-6855 has a severity rating that classifies it as a denial of service vulnerability.

  • How do I fix CVE-2016-6855?

    To fix CVE-2016-6855, upgrade to Eye of GNOME version 3.18.3, 3.20.4, or later, and ensure GLib is updated to version 2.44.1 or newer.

  • Which versions of Eye of GNOME are affected by CVE-2016-6855?

    Affected versions of Eye of GNOME include 3.16.5, all 3.17.x, 3.18.x before 3.18.3, 3.19.x, and 3.20.x before 3.20.4.

  • Which systems are impacted by CVE-2016-6855?

    CVE-2016-6855 impacts systems running Eye of GNOME on Fedora, openSUSE, and Ubuntu such as Fedora 23 and 24, openSUSE Leap 42.1, and Ubuntu LTS releases from 12.04 to 16.04.

  • What kind of vulnerability is CVE-2016-6855?

    CVE-2016-6855 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability that can lead to a crash when invalid UTF-8 data is processed.

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