CVE-2005-4676 Affecting exiv2 package, versions <0.9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.1% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-EXIV2-19539626
  • published5 Sept 2026
  • disclosed31 Dec 2005

Introduced: 31 Dec 2005

CVE-2005-4676  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest exiv2 to version 0.9 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream exiv2 package and not the exiv2 package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

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