CVE-2005-4676 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Andreas Huggel Exiv2 versions prior to 0.9. This flaw, caused by a lack of null termination before calling sscanf, allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by providing specially crafted IPTC metadata within images. With a CVSS score of 5.0, it is a medium severity vulnerability, easily exploitable over the network with no authentication required, leading to application crashes. While not listed on the KEV catalog and lacking Metasploit or Nuclei modules, a Denial of Service exploit (EDB-27140) is available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:andreas_huggel:exiv2:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:andreas_huggel:exiv2:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:andreas_huggel:exiv2:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:andreas_huggel:exiv2:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:andreas_huggel:exiv2:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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