CVE-2005-1807

N/A Unknown

Published: May 28, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2005/May/0337.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/15543

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/18732

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/25726

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://securitytracker.com/id?1014069

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Vendor Advisory

http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=341210&group_id=26031

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.cybsec.com/vuln/PHPMailer-DOS.pdf

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13805

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0448

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2242

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2005/May/0337.html