FKIE_CVE-2005-0664

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-05-02 04:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:11
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/17705
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1013398Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102041-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-709Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-17.xmlPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:064
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-300.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0240
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2565
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7152Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10832
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/91-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17705
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1013398Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102041-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-709Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-17.xmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:064
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-300.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0240
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2565
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7152Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10832
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/91-1/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
libexif libexif 0.6.9
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