{"id":"CVE-2016-6855","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-6855","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:46:50.519Z","title":"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…","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.","published":"2016-09-07T18:59:06.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:51:54.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-787"],"affected":["fedoraproject/fedora","opensuse/leap","opensuse/opensuse","canonical/ubuntu linux","gnome/eye of gnome"],"epss":{"score":0.18381,"percentile":0.97213,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.1641,"percentile":0.96889},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.18862,"percentile":0.97163}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2016-08-23","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":40291,"kind":"exploit","title":"Eye of Gnome 3.10.2 - GMarkup Out of Bounds Write","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40291","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/dos/40291.txt","file":"exploits/linux/dos/40291.txt","published":"2016-08-23","added":"2016-08-23","updated":"2016-08-23","author":"Kaslov Dmitri","type":"dos","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2016-6855"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comeog-3.10.2.tar.xz","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 18.4%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. 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