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CVE-2014-4720

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Date: July 6, 2014

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.

Language: Perl

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Related Resources (4)

https://github.com/rjbs/Email-Address/blob/master/Changes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4720
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/563
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-4720

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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