CVE-2005-4676

medium

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24349

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0345

http://secunia.com/advisories/18619

http://home.arcor.de/ahuggel/exiv2/changelog.html

http://dev.robotbattle.com/mantis/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=447

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-12-31

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.10163