ALPINE-CVE-2018-12558

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-12558
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2018-12558.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2018-12558
Upstream
Published
2018-06-20T14:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-30T05:10:12.577394Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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").

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.10

perl-email-address

Package

Name
perl-email-address
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/perl-email-address?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.912-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.892-r0
1.895-r0
1.896-r0
1.898-r0
1.899-r0
1.900-r0
1.901-r0
1.903-r0
1.905-r0
1.907-r0
1.908-r0
1.909-r0

Alpine:v3.11

perl-email-address

Package

Name
perl-email-address
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/perl-email-address?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.912-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.892-r0
1.895-r0
1.896-r0
1.898-r0
1.899-r0
1.900-r0
1.901-r0
1.903-r0
1.905-r0
1.907-r0
1.908-r0
1.909-r0

Alpine:v3.12

perl-email-address

Package

Name
perl-email-address
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/perl-email-address?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.912-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.892-r0
1.895-r0
1.896-r0
1.898-r0
1.899-r0
1.900-r0
1.901-r0
1.903-r0
1.905-r0
1.907-r0
1.908-r0
1.909-r0

Alpine:v3.13

perl-email-address

Package

Name
perl-email-address
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/perl-email-address?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.912-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.892-r0
1.895-r0
1.896-r0
1.898-r0
1.899-r0
1.900-r0
1.901-r0
1.903-r0
1.905-r0
1.907-r0
1.908-r0
1.909-r0

Alpine:v3.14

perl-email-address

Package

Name
perl-email-address
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/perl-email-address?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.912-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.892-r0
1.895-r0
1.896-r0
1.898-r0
1.899-r0
1.900-r0
1.901-r0
1.903-r0
1.905-r0
1.907-r0
1.908-r0
1.909-r0

Alpine:v3.15

perl-email-address

Package

Name
perl-email-address
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/perl-email-address?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.912-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.892-r0
1.895-r0
1.896-r0
1.898-r0
1.899-r0
1.900-r0
1.901-r0
1.903-r0
1.905-r0
1.907-r0
1.908-r0
1.909-r0

Alpine:v3.16

perl-email-address

Package

Name
perl-email-address
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/perl-email-address?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.912-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.892-r0
1.895-r0
1.896-r0
1.898-r0
1.899-r0
1.900-r0
1.901-r0
1.903-r0
1.905-r0
1.907-r0
1.908-r0
1.909-r0

Alpine:v3.17

perl-email-address

Package

Name
perl-email-address
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/perl-email-address?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.912-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.892-r0
1.895-r0
1.896-r0
1.898-r0
1.899-r0
1.900-r0
1.901-r0
1.903-r0
1.905-r0
1.907-r0
1.908-r0
1.909-r0

Alpine:v3.18

perl-email-address

Package

Name
perl-email-address
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/perl-email-address?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.912-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.892-r0
1.895-r0
1.896-r0
1.898-r0
1.899-r0
1.900-r0
1.901-r0
1.903-r0
1.905-r0
1.907-r0
1.908-r0
1.909-r0

Alpine:v3.19

perl-email-address

Package

Name
perl-email-address
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/perl-email-address?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.912-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.892-r0
1.895-r0
1.896-r0
1.898-r0
1.899-r0
1.900-r0
1.901-r0
1.903-r0
1.905-r0
1.907-r0
1.908-r0
1.909-r0

Alpine:v3.20

perl-email-address

Package

Name
perl-email-address
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/perl-email-address?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.912-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.892-r0
1.895-r0
1.896-r0
1.898-r0
1.899-r0
1.900-r0
1.901-r0
1.903-r0
1.905-r0
1.907-r0
1.908-r0
1.909-r0

Alpine:v3.21

perl-email-address

Package

Name
perl-email-address
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/perl-email-address?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.912-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.892-r0
1.895-r0
1.896-r0
1.898-r0
1.899-r0
1.900-r0
1.901-r0
1.903-r0
1.905-r0
1.907-r0
1.908-r0
1.909-r0

Alpine:v3.22

perl-email-address

Package

Name
perl-email-address
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/perl-email-address?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.912-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.892-r0
1.895-r0
1.896-r0
1.898-r0
1.899-r0
1.900-r0
1.901-r0
1.903-r0
1.905-r0
1.907-r0
1.908-r0
1.909-r0

Alpine:v3.7

perl-email-address

Package

Name
perl-email-address
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/perl-email-address?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.912-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.892-r0
1.895-r0
1.896-r0
1.898-r0
1.899-r0
1.900-r0
1.901-r0
1.903-r0
1.905-r0
1.907-r0
1.908-r0

Alpine:v3.8

perl-email-address

Package

Name
perl-email-address
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/perl-email-address?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.912-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.892-r0
1.895-r0
1.896-r0
1.898-r0
1.899-r0
1.900-r0
1.901-r0
1.903-r0
1.905-r0
1.907-r0
1.908-r0
1.909-r0

Alpine:v3.9

perl-email-address

Package

Name
perl-email-address
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/perl-email-address?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.912-r0

Affected versions

1.*

1.892-r0
1.895-r0
1.896-r0
1.898-r0
1.899-r0
1.900-r0
1.901-r0
1.903-r0
1.905-r0
1.907-r0
1.908-r0
1.909-r0