{"cve":"CVE-2018-12558","nvd":{"published":"2018-06-20T14:29:00.273","modified":"2026-06-17T01:37:58.283","status":"Modified","description":"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\").","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-407"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00012.html","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/19/3","https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=901873","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00012.html","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/06/19/3"],"products":["email\\:\\"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:51:47.459859389+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2018-12558","score":0.02631,"percentile":0.85531,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}