CVE-2014-4720

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Source

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4720

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2014-4720.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2014-4720

Related

Published

2014-07-06T23:55:02Z

Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40Z

Summary

[none]

Details

Email::Address module before 1.904 for Perl uses an inefficient regular expression, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via vectors related to "backtracking into the phrase," a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-0477.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libemail-address-perl

Package

Name: libemail-address-perl
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/libemail-address-perl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.905-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / libemail-address-perl

Package

Name: libemail-address-perl
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/libemail-address-perl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.905-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / libemail-address-perl

Package

Name: libemail-address-perl
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/libemail-address-perl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.905-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}