CVE-2018-12558

low
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
2.5

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").

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-12558

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201905-7

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed1.912-1
debian debianbookwormfixed1.912-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.912-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.912-1
debian debiansidfixed1.912-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.912-1

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.