CVE-2005-4676 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can crash applications using Exiv2 by providing images with crafted IPTC metadata, causing a buffer overflow.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2005-4676?
CVE-2005-4676 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Jan 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-4676?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Andreas Huggel Exiv2.
How do I fix CVE-2005-4676?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2005-4676 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-4676 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-4676, GHSA-r744-c99h-q8c4.