VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-12558

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.63%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-06-20
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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").

Weakness classification

  • CWE-407: Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

Primary references