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CVE-2014-0477

The parse function in Email::Address module before 1.905 for Perl uses an inefficient regular expression, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via an empty quoted string in an RFC 2822 address.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2014-0477 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 2 products from email\, from fedoraproject organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2014-07-03T17:55:05.937

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	email\	\	≤ 1.904	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Application	email\	\	address_module_project	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	*	Yes

References

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/563 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/59212 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/59333 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/61981 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2969 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1110723 ([email protected])
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-Address/blob/master/Changes ([email protected])
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-Address/commit/83f8306117115729ac9346523762c0c396251eb5 Exploit, Patch ([email protected])
https://metacpan.org/release/RJBS/Email-Address-1.905 ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/563 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/59212 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/59333 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/61981 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2969 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1110723 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-Address/blob/master/Changes (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/rjbs/Email-Address/commit/83f8306117115729ac9346523762c0c396251eb5 Exploit, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://metacpan.org/release/RJBS/Email-Address-1.905 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For email\'s affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.