CVE-2005-0664 (GCVE-0-2005-0664)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-03-08 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 21:21
VLAI
Summary
Buffer overflow in the EXIF library (libexif) 0.6.9 does not properly validate the structure of the EXIF tags, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a JPEG image with a crafted EXIF tag.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2334 records in the last 180 days details
References
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https://usn.ubuntu.com/91-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-20050… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0240 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2565 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://secunia.com/advisories/17705 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-300.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Date Public
2005-03-07 00:00
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