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CVE-2016-6855 Detail

Current Description

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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  09/07/2016
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.5 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 3.6
Exploitability Score: 3.9

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.0 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 10.0

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00021.html Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138486/Gnome-Eye-Of-Gnome-3.10.2-Out-Of-Bounds-Write.html Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92616 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3069-1 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770143 Issue Tracking
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/commit/?id=e99a8c00f959652fe7c10e2fa5a3a7a5c25e6af4 Issue Tracking Patch
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.16.5 Release Notes
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.18.3 Release Notes
https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.20.4 Release Notes
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JVINHHR6VJKXTYYMAYKN5GROKHVT4UKB/ Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T6GFDHLNPUG7JHWM3QLXQNRA7NZGU2KI/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40291/

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Vulnerable software and versions Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1
OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Configuration 2
OR
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Configuration 3
OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
Configuration 4
AND
OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.16.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.18.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.20.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.20.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OR
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:glib:2.44.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-6855
NVD Published Date:
09/07/2016
NVD Last Modified:
10/30/2018