CVE-2005-4676

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Andreas Huggel Exiv2: 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.6.1, 0.6.2 (+2)

References

http://dev.robotbattle.com/mantis/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=447
http://home.arcor.de/ahuggel/exiv2/changelog.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18619
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16400
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0345
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24349
http://dev.robotbattle.com/mantis/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=447
http://home.arcor.de/ahuggel/exiv2/changelog.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18619
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16400
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0345
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24349

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