FKIE_CVE-2014-0477

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-07-03 17:55 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:03
Severity
Summary
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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
email\ \ address_module_project
email\ \ address_module_project
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email\ \ address_module_project
email\ \ address_module_project
email\ \ address_module_project
email\ \ address_module_project
email\ \ address_module_project
email\ \ address_module_project
email\ \ address_module_project
email\ \ address_module_project
email\ \ address_module_project
email\ \ address_module_project
email\ \ address_module_project
email\ \ address_module_project
email\ \ address_module_project
email\ \ address_module_project
email\ \ address_module_project
email\ \ address_module_project
email\ \ address_module_project
email\ \ address_module_project
email\ \ address_module_project
email\ \ address_module_project
email\ \ address_module_project
email\ \ address_module_project
email\ \ address_module_project
email\ \ address_module_project
email\ \ address_module_project
email\ \ address_module_project
email\ \ address_module_project
fedoraproject fedora *

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      "value": "La funci\u00f3n de an\u00e1lisis en el m\u00f3dulo Email::Address anterior a 1.905 para Perl utiliza una expresi\u00f3n regular ineficiente, lo que permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (consumo de CPU) a trav\u00e9s de una cadena entrecomillada vac\u00eda en una direcci\u00f3n RFC 2822."
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  "evaluatorComment": "\u003ca href=\"http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/185.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCWE-185: CWE-185: Incorrect Regular Expression\u003c/a\u003e",
  "id": "CVE-2014-0477",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:03:06.963",
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