CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-12558

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").

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=901873 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/19/3 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00012.html
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-06-20 02:29

Updated : 2019-04-02 06:29

NVD link : CVE-2018-12558

Mitre link : CVE-2018-12558

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-407