CVE-2005-1807 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Data function in class.smtp.php in PHPMailer 1.7.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop leading to memory and CPU consumption) via a long header field.

Published: 2005-06-01

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 16.4% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:phpmailer:phpmailer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.1638.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2005/May/0337.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/15543
http://secunia.com/advisories/18732
http://secunia.com/advisories/25726
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014069
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=341210&group_id=26031
http://www.cybsec.com/vuln/PHPMailer-DOS.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13805
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0448
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2242

History

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Subscriptions

Phpmailer Phpmailer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-06-01T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:06:57.402Z

Reserved: 2005-06-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-1807

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-28T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-1807

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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