Gnome · Glib · CVE-2016-6855
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Eye of GNOME versions 3.16.5 through 3.17.x
Eye of GNOME versions 3.18.x through 3.18.2
Eye of GNOME version 3.19.x
Eye of GNOME versions 3.20.x through 3.20.3
**Description**
The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an out-of-bounds write and crash. This is achieved by passing invalid UTF-8 to GMarkup.
**Recommendations**
For Eye of GNOME version 3.16.5, update to a version later than 3.16.5 or ensure glib is updated to version 2.44.1 or later.
For Eye of GNOME versions 3.17.x, update to a version later than 3.17.x or ensure glib is updated to version 2.44.1 or later.
For Eye of GNOME versions 3.18.x through 3.18.2, update to version 3.18.3 or later, or ensure glib is updated to version 2.44.1 or later.
For Eye of GNOME version 3.19.x, update to a version later than 3.19.x or ensure glib is updated to version 2.44.1 or later.
For Eye of GNOME versions 3.20.x through 3.20.3, update to version 3.20.4 or later, or ensure glib is updated to version 2.44.1 or later.