CVE-2016-6855 | Eye of GNOME up to 3.16.4/3.17.x/3.18.2/3.19.x/3.20.3 GMarkup UTF-8 Chars out-of-bounds write (USN-3069-1 / EDB-40291)
A vulnerability was found in Eye of GNOME up to 3.16.4/3.17.x/3.18.2/3.19.x/3.20.3. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component GMarkup. The manipulation as part of UTF-8 Chars leads to out-of-bounds write.
This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-6855. The attack can be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.
It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.