CVE-2005-1807 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in PHPMailer versions 1.7.2 and earlier. Attackers can exploit this by sending a specially crafted, long header field to the Data function in class.smtp.php, leading to an infinite loop that consumes excessive memory and CPU resources. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in a partial availability impact. While not on the CISA KEV catalog or Hot List, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.72CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:phpmailer:phpmailer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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