CVE-2005-1043

Description

exif.c in PHP before 4.3.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and crash) via an EXIF header with a large IFD nesting level, which causes significant stack recursion.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.23% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory php.net Vendor Advisory redhat.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-406.html	patch vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:072	vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=154025	vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-15.xml	patch vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Jun/msg00000.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10307	vdb entry signature
https://usn.ubuntu.com/112-1/	vendor advisory
http://cvs.php.net/diff.php/php-src/ext/exif/exif.c?r1=1.118.2.29&r2=1.118.2.30&ty=u	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-1043?: CVE-2005-1043 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-1043?: To fix CVE-2005-1043, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-1043 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-1043 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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