CVE-2014-4720

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

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 6, 2014
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2014-4720: Medium severity, CVSS 5.0 | Vulnix