CVE-2005-0525

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The php_next_marker function in image.c for PHP 4.2.2, 4.3.9, 4.3.10 and 5.0.3, as reachable by the getimagesize PHP function, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a JPEG image with an invalid marker value, which causes a negative length value to be passed to php_stream_seek.

Affected products

PHP: 4.2.2, 4.3.9, 4.3.10, 5.0.3

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Jun/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/14792
http://securitytracker.com/id?1013619
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-708
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-729
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-15.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:072
http://www.osvdb.org/15184
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-405.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-406.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/394797
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0305

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