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CVE-2014-4720

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
06/07/2014
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

Email::Address module before 1.904 for Perl uses an inefficient regular expression, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via vectors related to "backtracking into the phrase," a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-0477.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:* 1.903 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:1.1:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:1.2:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:1.3:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:1.5:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:1.6:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:1.7:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:1.80:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:1.85:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:1.86:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:1.870:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:1.871:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:1.880:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:1.881:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:1.882:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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