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TI-2016-05891 Aliases CVE-2016-6855GHSA-7jwp-58q4-9rxh

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…

Priority MEDIUM 51CWE-787Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.18381 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 29

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*23VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*24VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*42.1VulnerableopenSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*13.2VulnerableopenSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*12.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*14.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*16.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.16.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.16.5VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.17.1VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.17.2VulnerableGNOME
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 23 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 24 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 42.1 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 13.2 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 12.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 14.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 16.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.16.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.16.5 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.17.1 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.17.2 Vulnerable ·GNOME
Show 19 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.17.3VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.17.90VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.17.91VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.17.92VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.18.0VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.18.1VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.18.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.18.2VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.19.1VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.19.2VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.19.3VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.19.4VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.19.90VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.19.91VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.19.92VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.20.0VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.20.1VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.20.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.20.2VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.20.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.20.3VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:glib:2.44.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.44.0Running onGNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.17.3 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.17.90 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.17.91 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.17.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.17.92 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.18.0 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.18.1 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.18.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.18.2 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.19.1 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.19.2 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.19.3 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.19.4 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.19.90 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.19.91 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.19.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.19.92 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.20.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.20.0 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.20.1 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.20.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.20.2 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eye_of_gnome:3.20.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.20.3 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:glib:2.44.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.44.0 Running on ·GNOME

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-6855
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7jwp-58q4-9rxh

References

Exploit 2

Patch 1

Advisory 4

Other 5

Sources

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