VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-4720
Email::Address module before 1.904 for Perl uses an inefficient regular expression, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via vectors related to "backtracking into the phrase," a different vulnerability than…
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 1.86%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.86%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Email::Address module before 1.904 for Perl uses an inefficient regular expression, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via vectors related to "backtracking into the phrase," a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-0477.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.86% probability · 78th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- email\/\
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.