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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.0 7.5/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00021.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138486/Gnome-Eye-Of-Gnome-3.10.2-Out-Of-Bounds-Write.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92616Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3069-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770143Issue Tracking
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/commit/?id=e99a8c00f959652fe7c10e2fa5a3a7a5c25e6af4Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.16.5Release Notes
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.18.3Release Notes
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.20.4Release Notes
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00018.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JVINHHR6VJKXTYYMAYKN5GROKHVT4UKB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T6GFDHLNPUG7JHWM3QLXQNRA7NZGU2KI/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40291/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00021.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138486/Gnome-Eye-Of-Gnome-3.10.2-Out-Of-Bounds-Write.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92616Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3069-1Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770143Issue Tracking
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/commit/?id=e99a8c00f959652fe7c10e2fa5a3a7a5c25e6af4Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.16.5Release Notes
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.18.3Release Notes
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.20.4Release Notes
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00018.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JVINHHR6VJKXTYYMAYKN5GROKHVT4UKB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T6GFDHLNPUG7JHWM3QLXQNRA7NZGU2KI/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40291/
Timeline
- Published
- Sep 7, 2016
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified