Out-of-bounds Write Affecting eog package, versions <3.4.2-0ubuntu1.3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
18.38% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-EOG-319197
  • published7 Sept 2016
  • disclosed7 Sept 2016

Introduced: 7 Sep 2016

CVE-2016-6855  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:12.04 eog to version 3.4.2-0ubuntu1.3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream eog package and not the eog package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.