Eye of Gnome 3.10.2 - GMarkup Out of Bounds Write

Author: Kaslov Dmitri
type: dos
platform: linux
port: 
date_added: 2016-08-23 
date_updated: 2016-08-23 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-2016-6855 
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application_url: http://www.exploit-db.comeog-3.10.2.tar.xz

# Exploit Title: Gnome Eye of Gnome Out-of-bounds-write
# Exploit Author: Kaslov Dmitri
# Vendor Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/EyeOfGnome
# Version: 3.10.2
# Tested on: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
# CVE: CVE-2016-6855

Proof of Concept:
https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/40291.zip


Reported: 19-August-2016
Fixed: 21-Agugst-2016 (fix will go into next software release)

GMarkup requires valid UTF8 input strings and would cause odd
looking messages if given invalid input. This could also trigger an
out-of-bounds write in glib before 2.44.1