UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0477

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0477
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0477.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0477
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:42:58Z
Published
2014-07-03T17:55:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:31:38.516756Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libemail-address-perl

Package

Name
libemail-address-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libemail-address-perl@1.905-2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.905-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.905-2",
            "binary_name": "libemail-address-perl"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0477.json"