Vulnerability in Libexif
CVE-2005-0664
Buffer overflow in the EXIF library (libexif) 0.6.9 does not properly validate the structure of the EXIF tags, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a JPEG image with a crafted EXIF tag.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.6 (Low). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.045 (91.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 91.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.045 · newest: 0.045 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Libexif — versions 0.6.9
References
- securitytracker.com/id (Patch, vdb-entry)
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-709 (vendor-advisory, Patch)
- usn.ubuntu.com/91-1/ (vendor-advisory)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-17.xml (vendor-advisory, Patch)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0240 (vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2565 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10832 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/17705 (third-party-advisory)