CVE-2005-0664

Libexif vulnerability

CVSS

2.6

EPSS

4.5%

EPSS pct

90th

Exploited

No known

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.

Affected vendor

Libexif

Affected product

Libexif

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Published

2005-05-02

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

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