CVE-2014-0477

Published: Jul 3, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

NVD MITRE

5.0CVSSMEDIUM

EPSS Score

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 Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAccess Vector

Network

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

n/a n/a

\email\

fedora fedoraproject

On-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

fedoraprojectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka fedora project

Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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Official Patch Available

References

https://metacpan.org/release/RJBS/Email-Address-1.905

metacpan.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/59333

secunia.com

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/563

seclists.org

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Timeline

Published

Jul 3, 2014

Last Updated

May 6, 2026

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