vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-12558): libemail-address-perl vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 20, 2018
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Jun 26, 2025

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").

Solution

no-fix-ubuntu-package
Title
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