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Medium
CVE-2005-4676
Buffer overflow in Andreas Huggel Exiv2 before 0.9 does not...
Vulnerability Description
Buffer overflow in Andreas Huggel Exiv2 before 0.9 does not null terminate strings before calling the sscanf function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via images with crafted IPTC metadata.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://home.arcor.de/ahuggel/exiv2/changelog.html
- http://dev.robotbattle.com/mantis/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=447
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0345
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18619
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24349
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16400
Affected Vendor
andreas huggel
View all reports →Affected Software
exiv2
Vulnerable Versions:
0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.6.1, 0.6.2, 0.7, 0.8
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 31st, 2006
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.