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7.5high

CVE-2016-6855in critical feed1 exploit

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 rem…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
18.4%
percentile 97%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

18.38% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-40291 Eye of Gnome 3.10.2 - GMarkup Out of Bounds Write · dos · 2016-08-23

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

  • git.gnome.org /browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.20.4 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • git.gnome.org /browse/eog/commit/?id=e99a8c00f959652fe7c10e2fa5a3a7a5c25e6af4 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/40291/ · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
  • git.gnome.org /browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.16.5 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/92616 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T6GFDHLNPUG7JHWM3QLXQNRA · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, x_transferred
  • ubuntu.com /usn/USN-3069-1 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU, x_transferred
  • lists.opensuse.org /opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00021.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE, x_transferred
  • bugzilla.gnome.org /show_bug.cgi?id=770143 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • packetstormsecurity.com /files/138486/Gnome-Eye-Of-Gnome-3.10.2-Out-Of-Bounds-Write.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • lists.fedoraproject.org /archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JVINHHR6VJKXTYYMAYKN5GRO · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, x_transferred
  • git.gnome.org /browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.18.3 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • lists.debian.org /debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00018.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred

Sources

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