CVE-2018-12558
HIGH7.5EPSS 0.49%Published: 6/20/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
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").
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/perl-email-addressfrom 0, < 1.912-r0
- Debian/libemail-address-perlfrom 0, < 1.912-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |