{"id":"USN-3069-1","summary":"eog vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that Eye of GNOME incorrectly handled certain invalid\nUTF-8 strings. If a user were tricked into opening a specially-crafted\nimage, a remote attacker could use this issue to cause Eye of GNOME to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary\ncode.\n","modified":"2026-04-22T09:27:51.584335Z","published":"2016-08-25T14:18:00Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6855"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-6855","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6855"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3069-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6855"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"eog","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/eog@3.10.2-0ubuntu5.2?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.10.2-0ubuntu5.2"}]}],"versions":["3.8.2-1ubuntu1","3.10.1-1ubuntu1","3.10.2-0ubuntu1","3.10.2-0ubuntu2","3.10.2-0ubuntu3","3.10.2-0ubuntu4","3.10.2-0ubuntu5","3.10.2-0ubuntu5.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"eog","binary_version":"3.10.2-0ubuntu5.2"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2016-6855","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3069-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"eog","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/eog@3.18.2-1ubuntu2.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.18.2-1ubuntu2.1"}]}],"versions":["3.16.3-1ubuntu2","3.18.0-0ubuntu1","3.18.0-1ubuntu1","3.18.0-1ubuntu2","3.18.1-1ubuntu1","3.18.1-1ubuntu2","3.18.2-1","3.18.2-1ubuntu1","3.18.2-1ubuntu2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"eog","binary_version":"3.18.2-1ubuntu2.1"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2016-6855","severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3069-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}