Input validation error in PHP - CVE-2005-1043
Published: October 30, 2018 / Updated: June 8, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU110511
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2005-1043
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
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.
Affected software
PHP
How to mitigate CVE-2005-1043
Install update from vendor's website.
PHP - update to 4.3.11
External References
- http://cvs.php.net/diff.php/php-src/ext/exif/exif.c?r1=1.118.2.29&r2=1.118.2.30&ty=u
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Jun/msg00000.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-15.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:072
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-406.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=154025
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10307
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/112-1/