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CVE-2014-4720 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
email::address module project email::address
<= 1.903
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.5

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.1:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.2:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.3:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.5:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.6:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.7:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.80:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.85:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.86:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.870:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.871:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.880:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.881:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.882:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.883:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.884:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.885:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.886:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.887:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.888:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.889:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.890:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.891:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.892:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.893:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.894:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.895:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.896:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.897:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.898:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.899:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.900:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.901:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:email::address_module_project:email::address:1.902:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-4720
NVD Published Date:
Jul 6, 2014
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2014-4720 Details - Not Deferred