CVE-2014-4720
EPSS 0.47%
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.
How to fix CVE-2014-4720
To remediate CVE-2014-4720, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libemail-address-perl—upgrade to 1.905-1 or later
Is CVE-2014-4720 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.905-1