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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…
Low2.6EPSS 4.5%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.5% · top 8.5% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- 1013398 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 102041 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- DSA-709 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-91-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- GLSA-200503-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- ADV-2005-0240 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7152 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2005-2565 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10832 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 17705 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:064 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:300 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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