CVE-2018-12558
HIGHEmail::Address < 1.909 - Denial of Service via Algorithmic Complexity in parse() Method
Title source: llmDescription
The parse() method in the Email::Address module through 1.909 for Perl is vulnerable to Algorithmic complexity on specially prepared input, leading to Denial of Service. Prepared special input that caused this problem contained 30 form-field characters ("\f").
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/19/3
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=901873
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00012.html
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0265
EPSS Percentile
83.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-407
Status
published
Products (1)
email\/\
< 1.909
Published
Jun 20, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026