FKIE_CVE-2005-4676

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-12-31 05:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:19
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://dev.robotbattle.com/mantis/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=447
cve@mitre.orghttp://home.arcor.de/ahuggel/exiv2/changelog.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/18619Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16400Exploit, Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0345
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24349
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://dev.robotbattle.com/mantis/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=447
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://home.arcor.de/ahuggel/exiv2/changelog.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/18619Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16400Exploit, Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0345
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24349
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
andreas_huggel exiv2 0.3
andreas_huggel exiv2 0.4
andreas_huggel exiv2 0.5
andreas_huggel exiv2 0.6
andreas_huggel exiv2 0.6.1
andreas_huggel exiv2 0.6.2
andreas_huggel exiv2 0.7
andreas_huggel exiv2 0.8
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