Vulnerability Details CVE-2018-12558
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").
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.003
EPSS Ranking 49.4%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.5
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00012.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/19/3
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=901873
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00012.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/19/3
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=901873