UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12558
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12558
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12558.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12558
- Upstream
- Published
- 2018-06-20T14:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-07-18T16:44:38Z
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Ubuntu - low
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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").
- References
Affected packages
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / libemail-address-perl
Package
- Name
- libemail-address-perl
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/libemail-address-perl@1.908-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial