CVE-2005-4676 Information

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.

Reference

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

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