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CVE-2008-2696

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-2696 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Exiv2 version 0.16, where a user-assisted remote attacker can crash the application through a divide-by-zero error. This occurs when processing image metadata containing a zero value in Nikon lens information, specifically within the RationalValue::toLong function during "pretty printing." The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and partial availability impact, with no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:exiv2:exiv2:0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
80.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0220 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-2696Low

exiv2: crash / divide by zero on crafted images

References

bugzilla.gnome.org / show_bug.cgi
Exploit
dev.robotbattle.com / bugs/view.php
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00012.html
secunia.com / advisories/30519
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32273
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/42885
exiv2.org / changelog.html
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / bid/29586
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-655-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1766/references