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CVE-2014-4720

Published: Jul 6, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
NVD MITRE
5.0CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
1.9%
Top 23.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available

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 Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
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

\email\
n/an/a

Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.

References

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/563
seclists.org
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-Address/blob/master/Changes
github.com

Timeline

Published
Jul 6, 2014
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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