CVE-2005-1807

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-05-28 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

PHPMailer: through 1.72

References

http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2005/May/0337.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/15543
http://secunia.com/advisories/18732
http://secunia.com/advisories/25726
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014069
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=341210&group_id=26031
http://www.cybsec.com/vuln/PHPMailer-DOS.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13805
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0448
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2242
http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2005/May/0337.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/15543

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