CVE-2018-12558

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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").

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-407

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jun 20, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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