UBUNTU-CVE-2026-116273
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Summary:
Details: MIME::Parser versions before 5.521 for Perl set no limit on the number of message parts by default, allowing memory exhaustion. The max_parts option defaulted to -1, which disables the limit, so a parser created with default settings builds an entity for every part however many a message has. Version 5.521 sets max_parts to 1000 and max_depth to 64 by default. Setting either to -1 still removes the limit.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-116273, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116273, https://metacpan.org/release/DSKOLL/MIME-tools-5.522/changes
Affected packages
Package
Name: libmime-tools-perl
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libmime-tools-perl?arch=source&distro=trusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
