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Status published
Medium
CVE-2005-1807
The Data function in class.smtp.php in PHPMailer 1.7.2 and earlier...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2242
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0448
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014069
- http://www.cybsec.com/vuln/PHPMailer-DOS.pdf
- http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2005/May/0337.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13805
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25726
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15543
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=341210&group_id=26031
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18732
Affected Vendor
phpmailer
View all reports →Affected Software
phpmailer
Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 1st, 2005
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.