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

CVE-2014-0477

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

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