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CVE-2018-12558 (GCVE-0-2018-12558)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-20 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 08:38

Summary

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").

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2338 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

URL	Tags
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https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug…	x_refsource_MISC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE

Date Public

2018-06-19 00:00

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FKIE_CVE-2018-12558

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-06-20 14:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:37

Severity

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Summary

References

URL	Tags
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cve@mitre.org	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/19/3	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=901873	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00012.html
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=901873	Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	email\	\	address_module_project

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GHSA-C2FH-M553-M5HP

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 01:14 – Updated: 2022-05-14 01:14

Details

Severity

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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  "modified": "2022-05-14T01:14:04Z",
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      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00012.html"
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}

GSD-2018-12558

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:22

Details

Aliases

CVE-2018-12558

Aliases

CVE-2018-12558

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OPENSUSE-SU-2019:1114-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2019-04-02 11:04 - Updated: 2026-09-20 18:48

Summary

Security update for perl-Email-Address

Severity

Important

Scope

1 vulnerability in this advisory, including CVE-2018-12558.

CVE-2018-12558

7.5 (High)


                
                  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Recommended: 2 products

Open the full advisory

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:12651-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2024-06-15 00:00 - Updated: 2026-09-20 20:43

Summary

perl-Email-Address-1.913-1.1 on GA media

Severity

Moderate

Scope

1 vulnerability in this advisory, including CVE-2018-12558.

CVE-2018-12558

7.5 (High)


                
                  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Recommended: 4 products

Open the full advisory

UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12558 (CVE-2018-12558)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2018-06-20 14:29 – Updated: 2025-10-24 04:47 – Source website

Details

Severity

7.5 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12558	REPORT
	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/19/3	REPORT
	https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug…	REPORT
	https://metacpan.org/pod/Email::Address	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12558	REPORT

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