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CVE-2014-0477

The parse function in Email::Address module before 1.905 for Perl uses an inefficient regular expression, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an empty quoted string in an RFC 2822 address.

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Severity

N/A

EPSS

Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.0142 (1.4%)
Percentile: 80.7%
EPSS: 2026-05-06

Affects

email\:\fedoraproject:fedora

Technical description

The parse function in Email::Address module before 1.905 for Perl uses an inefficient regular expression, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an empty quoted string in an RFC 2822 address.

Published: 7/3/2014, 5:55:05 PM
Last modified: 5/6/2026, 10:30:45 PM

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