UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12558

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12558
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12558.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12558
Upstream
Published
2018-06-20T14:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:47:05Z
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
  • Ubuntu - low
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

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libemail-address-perl

Package

Name
libemail-address-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libemail-address-perl@1.908-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.905-2
1.908-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libemail-address-perl",
            "binary_version": "1.908-1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libemail-address-perl

Package

Name
libemail-address-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libemail-address-perl@1.908-1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.908-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libemail-address-perl",
            "binary_version": "1.908-1"
        }
    ]
}