DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12558

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12558

    Published: 20 Jun 2018Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-12558

    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: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12558

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libemail-address-perl

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/libemail-address-perl?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.912-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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