Is CVE-2005-4676 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2005-4676 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2005-4676?

CVE-2005-4676 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2005-4676?

CVE-2005-4676 has an EPSS score of 4.00% (89th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2005-4676?

Upgrade exiv2 on debian 11 to 0.9 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2005-4676

MEDIUMEPSS 89th pctl

5.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in Andreas Huggel Exiv2 before 0.9 does not null terminate strings before calling the sscanf function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via images with crafted IPTC metadata.

How to fix

Remediation Available

exiv2Debian

Fixed in:0.9CVE-2005-4676

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

4.00%probability of exploitation in 30 days

89thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 89% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Other references4

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.