CVE-2014-0477

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jul 3, 2014
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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