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Exiv2 IPTC Metadata Processing Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA18619
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Release Date:
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2006-01-26
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Last Update:
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2006-02-03
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Popularity:
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5,762 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Exiv2 0.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Exiv2, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to crash certain applications on a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to the use of the "sscanf()" function on input file data that is not NULL terminated. This can cause out-of-bounds memory access and may be exploited to crash an application linked against the Exiv2 library when a image containing specially-crafted IPTC metadata is processed.
The vulnerability has been reported in version 0.8. Prior versions may also be affected.
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