7.5

CVE-2016-6855: canonical ubuntu_linux Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesMGASA-2016-0297SUSE-SU-2016:2827-1UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6855
Published 07-09-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-6855 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 18.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
44/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
18.38%
0%100%
Medium · -0.48 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10170-1

Timeline

  1. 07-09-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

18.38%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

97%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.48 pp

From 18.86% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
18.38%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (packetstormsecurity.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databasedoslinuxVerified

    Eye of Gnome 3.10.2 - GMarkup Out of Bounds Write

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Suse4 products
  • eog&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1< 3.10.2-2.3.1
  • eog&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1< 3.10.2-2.3.1
  • eog&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1< 3.10.2-2.3.1
  • eog&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP1< 3.10.2-2.3.1
Opensuse2 products
Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
  • eog< 3.20.4-1 | < 3.14.1-1+deb8u1 | < 3.4.2-1+build1+deb7u1
Fedoraproject1 product
Gnome1 product
  • eye_of_gnome3.16.5 | 3.17.1 | 3.17.2 | 3.17.3 | 3.17.90 | 3.17.91 | 3.17.92 | 3.18.0 | 3.18.1 | 3.18.2 | 3.19.1 | 3.19.2 | 3.19.3 | 3.19.4 | 3.19.90 | 3.19.91 | 3.19.92 | 3.20.0 | 3.20.1 | 3.20.2 | 3.20.3
Mageia1 product
  • eog< 3.14.3-1.2.mga5
Ubuntu1 product
  • eog< 3.10.2-0ubuntu5.2 | < 3.18.2-1ubuntu2.1

8 vendors · 12 products

References

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