exif.c in PHP before 4.3.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) via an EXIF header with a…

Description

exif.c in PHP before 4.3.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) via an EXIF header with a large IFD nesting level, which causes significant stack recursion.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.9% · top 20% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• RHSA-2005:406 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• MDKSA-2005:072 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=154025 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• GLSA-200504-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2005-06-08 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10307 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• USN-112-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• http://cvs.php.net/diff.php/php-src/ext/exif/exif.c?r1=1.118.2.29&r2=1.118.2.30&ty=u (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2005-1043](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2005-1043.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2005-1043)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 21:35 UTC.