VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-0477
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.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 3.58%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.58%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.58% probability · 89th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- email\/\ · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- security@debian.org
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/563
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59212
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59333
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61981
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2969
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1110723
- https://github.com/rjbs/Email-Address/blob/master/Changes
- https://github.com/rjbs/Email-Address/commit/83f8306117115729ac9346523762c0c396251eb5Exploit, Patch
- https://metacpan.org/release/RJBS/Email-Address-1.905
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/563
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59212
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59333
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61981
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2969
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1110723
- https://github.com/rjbs/Email-Address/blob/master/Changes
- https://github.com/rjbs/Email-Address/commit/83f8306117115729ac9346523762c0c396251eb5Exploit, Patch
- https://metacpan.org/release/RJBS/Email-Address-1.905
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.