CVE-2005-4676 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2006-01-31

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 12.8% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:andreas_huggel:exiv2:0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:andreas_huggel:exiv2:0.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:andreas_huggel:exiv2:0.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:andreas_huggel:exiv2:0.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:andreas_huggel:exiv2:0.6.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:andreas_huggel:exiv2:0.6.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:andreas_huggel:exiv2:0.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:andreas_huggel:exiv2:0.8:::::::*

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Remediation

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.12841.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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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Andreas Huggel Exiv2

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-01-31T11:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T23:53:28.521Z

Reserved: 2006-01-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-4676

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-4676

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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