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CVE-2002-2215

MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5
5CVSS MEDIUM

Summary

The imap_header function in the IMAP functionality for PHP before 4.3.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via an e-mail message with a large number of "To" addresses, which triggers an error in the rfc822_write_address function.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products we track (1)

PHP

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=19280 ↗