Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 28, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026

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.

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Affected products

Phpmailer Project/Phpmailer
cpe:2.3:a:phpmailer:phpmailer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=1.72

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

securitytracker.com/idnvdExploitVendor Advisory
www.cybsec.com/vuln/PHPMailer-DOS.pdfnvdExploitVendor Advisory
seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2005/May/0337.htmlnvd
secunia.com/advisories/15543nvd
secunia.com/advisories/18732nvd
secunia.com/advisories/25726nvd
sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.phpnvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/13805nvd
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0448nvd
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2242nvd

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