CVE-2018-12558

HIGH

Perl Email::Address <1.909 - DoS

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").

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0053
EPSS Percentile 67.1%
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