CVE-2005-4676
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:Dec 31, 2005
Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
EPS:Jan 31, 2006
EPSS Score:0.12841
CVSS Score:5
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Andreas Huggel
Product
Exiv2
Andreas Huggel
Exiv2
Exploits
Common Weakness Enumeration
No CWE recorded yet
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
