CVE-2005-1807

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.

How to fix CVE-2005-1807

To remediate CVE-2005-1807, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/libphp-phpmailer—upgrade to 1.73 or later

Is CVE-2005-1807 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 4.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 1.73

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-1807