CVE-2016-6855
eog - security update
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 18.9%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-6855
To remediate CVE-2016-6855, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/eog—upgrade to 3.20.4-1 or later
- —upgrade to 3.14.1-1+deb8u1 or later
- —upgrade to 3.4.2-1+build1+deb7u1 or later
Is CVE-2016-6855 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 18.9%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 3.20.4-1
- from 0, < 3.14.1-1+deb8u1
- from 0, < 3.4.2-1+build1+deb7u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |