VDB
CVE-2016-6855
CVE-2016-6855
PUBLISHED
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 3.42% · 87.7th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
3.42%
87.7th 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 |
Exploit Intelligence
Timeline
- Aug 22, 2016 PoC Published
- Aug 23, 2016 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 7, 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