CVE-2005-1807: 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…

PriorityP422medium5CVSS 2.0

AVNACLAuNCNINAP

EXPLOIT

EPSS

4.50%

90.3th percentile

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.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	libphp-phpmailer	< libphp-phpmailer 1.73 (bookworm)	libphp-phpmailer 1.73 (bookworm)
phpmailer	phpmailer	<= 1.72	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

osv5.0MEDIUM

vendor_debian5.0MEDIUM

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