Vulnerability CVE-2005-4676
Published: 2005-12-31   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Andreas huggel -> Exiv2 

 References:
http://dev.robotbattle.com/mantis/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=447
http://home.arcor.de/ahuggel/exiv2/changelog.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16400
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0345
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24349
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