CVE-2014-4720 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2014-4720

Email::Address module before 1.904 for Perl uses an inefficient regular...

Vulnerability 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 Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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References

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CVE-2018-12558
The parse() method in the Email::Address module through 1.909 for...
High 7.5
CVE-2014-0477
The parse function in Email::Address module before 1.905 for Perl...
Medium 5

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

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Vulnerable Versions:
0, address_module_project

Timeline

Official Publish: July 6th, 2014
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.