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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.58% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-07-03 17:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 09:20Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-12-19
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- cc20cc836fa951bd6fbc038125b338111b48d5d4fce89a3f43737cf1547e9a38
05 Affected products
06 References
- metacpan.orghttps://metacpan.org/release/RJBS/Email-Address-1.905
- secunia.com59333http://secunia.com/advisories/59333
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20140618 CVE-2014-0477: Email::Address: Denial-of-Service in Email::Address::parsehttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/563
- secunia.com61981http://secunia.com/advisories/61981
- github.comhttps://github.com/rjbs/Email-Address/commit/83f8306117115729ac9346523762c0c396251eb5
- secunia.com59212http://secunia.com/advisories/59212
- github.comhttps://github.com/rjbs/Email-Address/blob/master/Changes
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1110723
- www.debian.orgDSA-2969http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2969
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libemail-address-perl Fixed in 1.905-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libemail-address-perl Fixed in 1.905-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libemail-address-perl Fixed in 1.905-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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