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CVE-2014-4720

CVE-2014-4720 REJECTED

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.

EPSS 0.47% · 65.2th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score
0.47%
65.2th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTSlibemail-address-perl0

Timeline

  • Jul 6, 2014 CVE Published
  • Sep 23, 2014 PoC Published
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
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