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medium 5.0

CVE-2005-1043 json

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 l…

published 2005-04-12 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-1046

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.9%
EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • php RHEL 4 4.3.9-3.6
  • php-gd RHEL 4 4.3.9-3.6
  • php-imap RHEL 4 4.3.9-3.6
  • php-ldap RHEL 4 4.3.9-3.6
  • php-odbc RHEL 4 4.3.9-3.6
  • php-pear RHEL 4 4.3.9-3.6
  • php-snmp RHEL 4 4.3.9-3.6
  • php-mysql RHEL 4 4.3.9-3.6

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:406RHSA-2005:405

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-1043 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 php 4.3.2-23.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-23.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-23.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-23.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-23.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-23.ent Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 php 4.3.2-23.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-23.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-23.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-23.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-23.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-23.ent
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:405
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 php 4.3.9-3.6, php-gd 4.3.9-3.6, php-imap 4.3.9-3.6, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.6, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.6, php-pear 4.3.9-3.6, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 php 4.3.9-3.6, php-gd 4.3.9-3.6, php-imap 4.3.9-3.6, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.6, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.6, php-pear 4.3.9-3.6, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:406
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 php 4.3.2-23.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-23.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-23.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-23.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-23.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-23.ent
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:405
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 php 4.3.9-3.6, php-gd 4.3.9-3.6, php-imap 4.3.9-3.6, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.6, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.6, php-pear 4.3.9-3.6, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:406
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 php 4.3.2-23.ent, php-imap 4.3.2-23.ent, php-ldap 4.3.2-23.ent, php-odbc 4.3.2-23.ent, php-mysql 4.3.2-23.ent, php-pgsql 4.3.2-23.ent
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:405
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 php 4.3.9-3.6, php-gd 4.3.9-3.6, php-imap 4.3.9-3.6, php-ldap 4.3.9-3.6, php-odbc 4.3.9-3.6, php-pear 4.3.9-3.6, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:406

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Exploit prediction

1.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

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Sources

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