CVE-2015-7686

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in Address.pm in the Email-Address module 1.908 and earlier for Perl allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted string containing a list of e-mail addresses in conjunction with parenthesis characters that can be associated with nested comments. NOTE: the default configuration in 1.908 mitigates this vulnerability but misparses certain realistic comments.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.8/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20CWE-399

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Oct 6, 2015
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2015-7686: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix