perl-Email-Address: Specially crafted input could cause Denial of Service due to complex parse() method
Published Jun 20, 2018
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.67%
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").
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
perl-Email-Address
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
perl-Email-Address
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | perl-Email-Address | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | perl-Email-Address | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.67% (0.02673) | 85.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.65% (0.02650) | 83.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.18% (0.00181) | 55.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 11, 2023 | 0.18% (0.00181) | 55.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 8, 2023 | 0.20% (0.00196) | 56.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 14, 2023 | 0.15% (0.00153) | 50.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 0.13% (0.00134) | 47.05th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.17% (0.00171) | 52.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 34.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 32.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 16.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.04% (0.01036) | 27.56th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 1.04% (0.01036) | 26.95th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 1.04% (0.01036) | 62.47th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.04% (0.01036) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (7)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00012.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/19/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12558 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=901873 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1593318 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12558
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12558
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00012.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/19/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12558 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=901873 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1593318 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12558 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12558 |
Change history (0)
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