CVE-2002-2214 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the application by sending an email with an excessively long To header, affecting PHP's IMAP functionality.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2002-2214?
CVE-2002-2214 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Php Php, published on 14 Jun 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The php_if_imap_mime_header_decode function in the IMAP functionality in PHP before 4.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an e-mail header with a long "To" header.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-2214?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Php Php.
How do I fix CVE-2002-2214?
No fix has been published for CVE-2002-2214 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2002-2214 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-2214 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Php Php
Sources
Also known as GHSA-87j5-jmqh-4w2x.