DEBIAN-CVE-2005-4676

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2005-4676

    Published: 31 Dec 2005Last Modified: 8 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2005-4676

    Summary:

    Details: 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://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-4676

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: exiv2

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/exiv2?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.9

    Affected versions

    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