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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-2757 Detail

Description

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/12/11 CVE, PHP Group Mailing List 
https://github.com/php/php-src/security/advisories/GHSA-fjp9-9hwx-59fq CVE, PHP Group Exploit  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KJZK3X6B7FBE32FETDSMRLJXTFTHKWSY/ CVE
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240510-0011/ CVE, PHP Group Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption CISA-ADP  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2024-2757
NVD Published Date:
04/29/2024
NVD Last Modified:
11/04/2025
Source:
PHP Group