Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-4676 - Denial Of Service vulnerability in Exiv2 Corrupted EXIF Data
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
---|---|---|
Application | 8 |
Exploit-Db
description | Exiv2 Corrupted EXIF Data Denial Of Service Vulnerability. CVE-2005-4676. Dos exploits for multiple platform |
id | EDB-ID:27140 |
last seen | 2016-02-03 |
modified | 2006-01-26 |
published | 2006-01-26 |
reporter | Maciek Wierciski |
source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/27140/ |
title | Exiv2 - Corrupted EXIF Data Denial of Service Vulnerability |
References
- http://dev.robotbattle.com/mantis/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=447
- http://home.arcor.de/ahuggel/exiv2/changelog.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18619
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16400
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0345
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24349