CVE-2014-0477
mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.036 · 89 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
The parse function in Email::Address module before 1.905 for Perl uses an inefficient regular expression, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an empty quoted string in an RFC 2822 address.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (38)
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- email::address module project email::address≤ 1.904nvdUScpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- email::address module project email::address= 1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- email::address module project email::address= 1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- email::address module project email::address= 1.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- email::address module project email::address= 1.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- email::address module project email::address= 1.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- email::address module project email::address= 1.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- email::address module project email::address= 1.80nvdUScpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- email::address module project email::address= 1.85nvdUScpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- email::address module project email::address= 1.86nvdUScpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- email::address module project email::address= 1.870nvdUScpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- email::address module project email::address= 1.871nvdUScpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- email::address module project email::address= 1.880nvdUScpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- email::address module project email::address= 1.881nvdUScpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- email::address module project email::address= 1.882nvdUScpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- email::address module project email::address= 1.883nvdUScpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- email::address module project email::address= 1.884nvdUScpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- email::address module project email::address= 1.885nvdUScpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- email::address module project email::address= 1.886nvdUScpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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references (28)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/563cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59212cnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59333cnnvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2969cnnvd
- http://www.perl.org/Patchcnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68084cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1110723cnnvd
- https://github.com/rjbs/Email-Address/blob/master/Changescnnvd
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