CVE-2024-2757 (GCVE-0-2024-2757)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-29 03:49 – Updated: 2025-11-04 17:18
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Summary
In PHP 8.3.* before 8.3.5, function mb_encode_mimeheader() runs endlessly for some inputs that contain long strings of non-space characters followed by a space. This could lead to a potential DoS attack if a hostile user sends data to an application that uses this function.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-400 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Assigner
php
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
PHP Group PHP Affected: 8.3.* , < 8.3.5 (semver)
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Credits
Benjamin Gehrels
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