CVE-2014-0477
N/A
Published: July 3, 2014 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:03 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraEmail::address
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 1.9041.11.21.31.51.61.71.801.851.861.8701.8711.8801.8811.8821.8831.8841.8851.8861.8871.8881.8891.8901.8911.8921.8931.8941.8951.8961.8971.8981.8991.9001.9011.9021.903
95%
All versions
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2969x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-Address/blob/master/Changesx_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-Address/commit/83f8306117115729ac9346523762c0c396251eb5Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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