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").
Published: 2018-06-20
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-4518 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").
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00492}

epss

{'score': 0.00525}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T08:38:06.317Z

Reserved: 2018-06-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-12558

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-20T14:29:00.273

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:45:26.090

Link: CVE-2018-12558

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-06-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-12558 - Bugzilla

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