VDB
CVE-2016-6855
CVE-2016-6855
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
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.
EPSS 18.38% · 97.2th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
18.38%
97.2th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | eog | 3.18.1-1ubuntu1, 0, 3.16.3-1ubuntu2 |
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | eog | 0, 3.8.2-1ubuntu1, 3.10.1-1ubuntu1 |
Timeline
- Aug 22, 2016 PoC Published
- Aug 23, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 13, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 19, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 4, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 19, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 10, 2023 EPSS Score
- Dec 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6855 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3069-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6855 third-party-advisory