CVE-2018-12558

HIGH

Email::Address < 1.909 - Denial of Service via Algorithmic Complexity in parse() Method

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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

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