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CVE-2018-12558
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-06-20T14:29:00.273 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:37:58.283

Summary

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").

Affected products

email\ — \

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References

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