perl-Email-Address: Denial-of-Service in Email::Address::parse
Published Jul 3, 2014
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.58%
Description
The parse function in Email::Address module before 1.905 for Perl uses an inefficient regular expression, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an empty quoted string in an RFC 2822 address.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.904
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
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- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- address_module_project
- n/a
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
perl-Email-Address
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | perl-Email-Address | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.58% (0.03584) | 89.04th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.58% (0.03584) | 87.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.66% (0.01660) | 80.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.90% (0.03904) | 92.31th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 13, 2024 | 3.90% (0.03904) | 91.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 28, 2023 | 4.40% (0.04397) | 91.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.73% (0.04727) | 91.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 78.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 77.12th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 56.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (12)
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/563 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59212 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59333 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61981 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2969 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0477 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1110723 x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking
- https://github.com/rjbs/Email-Address/blob/master/Changes x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/rjbs/Email-Address/commit/83f8306117115729ac9346523762c0c396251eb5 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- https://metacpan.org/release/RJBS/Email-Address-1.905 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0477
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0477
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/563 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/59212 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/59333 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/61981 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2969 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0477 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1110723 | x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/rjbs/Email-Address/blob/master/Changes | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://github.com/rjbs/Email-Address/commit/83f8306117115729ac9346523762c0c396251eb5 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch | |
| https://metacpan.org/release/RJBS/Email-Address-1.905 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0477 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0477 |
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