CVE-2016-6855

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

18.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 97.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-09-07 18:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:43Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-08-18

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

327aa33a28ac28bcfb1f8fefb10bf3855ca67851c7aff4b633c6f05008f8b658

• git.gnome.orghttps://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.20.4x_refsource_CONFIRM
• git.gnome.orghttps://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/commit/?id=e99a8c00f959652fe7c10e2fa5a3a7a5c25e6af4x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.exploit-db.com40291https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40291/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• git.gnome.orghttps://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.16.5x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com92616http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92616vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-0f8779baa6https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T6GFDHLNPUG7JHWM3QLXQNRA7NZGU2KI/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3069-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3069-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:2242http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00021.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• bugzilla.gnome.orghttps://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=770143x_refsource_CONFIRM
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138486/Gnome-Eye-Of-Gnome-3.10.2-Out-Of-Bounds-Write.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-5abbc35b6ahttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JVINHHR6VJKXTYYMAYKN5GROKHVT4UKB/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• git.gnome.orghttps://git.gnome.org/browse/eog/plain/NEWS?h=3.18.3x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200425 [SECURITY] [DLA 2185-1] eog security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00018.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST