CVE-2005-1807

Phpmailer < 1.72 - Denial of Service

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Mariano Nunez Di Croce · textdosphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25752

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2242
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0448
Exploit, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014069
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.cybsec.com/vuln/PHPMailer-DOS.pdf
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2005/May/0337.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13805
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/25726
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/15543
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/18732

Scores

EPSS 0.1638
EPSS Percentile 94.9%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
phpmailer/phpmailer < 1.72
Published May 28, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026