CVE-2014-4720 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Email::Address Perl module versions prior to 1.904. This flaw, caused by an inefficient regular expression, allows remote attackers to consume excessive CPU resources through specially crafted input related to "backtracking into the phrase." With a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity), it is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.903CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:* | ||
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:1.1:*:*:*:*:perl:*:* | ||
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:1.2:*:*:*:*:perl:*:* | ||
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:1.3:*:*:*:*:perl:*:* | ||
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address_module_project:email\:\:address:1.5:*:*:*:*:perl:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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