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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…
Medium5.0EPSS 4.5%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.5% · top 8.5% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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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 (10)
- ADV-2007-2242 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0448 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1014069 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.cybsec.com/vuln/PHPMailer-DOS.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20050530 CYBSEC - PHPMailer Infinite Loop Denial of Service (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 13805 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 25726 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 15543 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=341210&group_id=26031 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 18732 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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)
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