High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 20, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-12558
CVE-2018-12558
Description
The parse() method in the Email::Address module through 1.909 for Perl is vulnerable to Algorithmic complexity on specially prepared input, leading to Denial of Service. Prepared special input that caused this problem contained 30 form-field characters ("\f").
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Affected products
5- Range: <=1.909
- osv-coords3 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/perl-Email-Address&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/perl-Email-Address&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/perl-Email-Address&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015
< 1.912-bp150.3.3.1+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.912-bp150.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.913-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.912-bp150.3.3.1
Patches
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References
3- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/19/3nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00012.htmlnvd
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