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CVE-2005-1043

Published: Apr 12, 2005Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
5.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.9%
Top 22.6%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

php
oss-project·USaka php language, pear, pecl
phpDev Tool
OSS Libraries / generic-library
sgi
commercial·USaka s g i, sg i
propack
Operating Systems
conectiva
oss-project
linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
apple
commercial·USaka apple computer, apple inc.
mac os x serverOn-premOS
Operating Systems / unix-bsd
peachtree
aka peachtree linux
peachtree linuxOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
suse
commercial·DE
suse linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-406.html
redhat.com
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:072
mandriva.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=154025
bugzilla.redhat.com
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