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").
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade perl-email-address | Jun 7, 2019 | Jun 20, 2018 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Jun 20, 2018 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade libemail-address-perl | Jul 30, 2024 | Jun 20, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | — | Sep 28, 2020 | Jun 20, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Jun 20, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade perl-Email-Address | Apr 3, 2019 | Jun 20, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | No solution exists | Jun 26, 2025 | Jun 20, 2018 |
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