CVE-2018-12558

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    CVE-2018-12558

    Published: 20 Jun 2018Last Modified: 27 Aug 2026

    Summary:

    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: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00012.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/19/3, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=901873

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.909

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High