CVE-2014-0477

Public Exploit

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.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.76% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory debian.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://metacpan.org/release/RJBS/Email-Address-1.905
http://secunia.com/advisories/59333	third party advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/563	mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/61981	third party advisory
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-Address/commit/83f8306117115729ac9346523762c0c396251eb5	patch exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/59212	third party advisory
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-Address/blob/master/Changes
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1110723
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2969	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-0477?: CVE-2014-0477 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-0477?: To fix CVE-2014-0477, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-0477 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2014-0477 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

This platform uses data from the NIST NVD, MITRE CVE, MITRE CWE, First.org and CISA KEV but is not endorsed or certified by these entities. CVE is a registred trademark of the MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. CWE is a registred trademark of the MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CWE content is MITRE's CWE web site.