CVE-2014-0477

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-0477
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-07-03 17:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Application Email address_module_project email\ \ address
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1110723 – (CVE-2014-0477) CVE-2014-0477 perl-Email-Address: Denial-of-Service in Email::Address::parse af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Security Advisory SA61981 - SUSE update for perl-Email-Address - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Email-Address/Changes at master · Perl-Email-Project/Email-Address · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2969-1 libemail-address-perl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
oss-sec: CVE-2014-0477: Email::Address: Denial-of-Service in Email::Address::parse af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Email-Address-1.905 - RFC 2822 Address Parsing and Creation - metacpan.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 metacpan.org
quoted part can be empty · Perl-Email-Project/Email-Address@83f8306 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
Security Advisory SA59212 - Debian update for libemail-address-perl - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Advisory SA59333 - Perl Email::Address Module E-mail Quoted String Denial of Service Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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