CVE catalog
CVE-2015-7686
libemail-address-perl: CVE-2015-7686
- Severity
- Low
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 3.54% · Oct 25, 2026
Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in Address.pm in the Email-Address module 1.908 and earlier for Perl allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted string containing a list of e-mail addresses in conjunction with parenthesis characters that can be associated with nested comments. NOTE: the default configuration in 1.908 mitigates this vulnerability but misparses certain realistic comments.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | libemail-address-perl | sid | 1.913-1 | fixed |
| Debian | libemail-address-perl | forky | 1.913-1 | fixed |
| Debian | libemail-address-perl | trixie | 1.913-1 | fixed |
| Debian | libemail-address-perl | bookworm | 1.913-1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | libemail-address-perl | 16.04 | 1.905-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libemail-address-perl | 16.04 | 1.908-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libemail-address-perl | 18.04 | 1.908-1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | libemail-address-perl | source | sid | 1.912-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [868170] |
| Debian | libemail-address-perl | source | forky | 1.912-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [868170] |
| Debian | libemail-address-perl | source | trixie | 1.912-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [868170] |
| Debian | libemail-address-perl | source | bookworm | 1.912-1 | unimportant | Not reported | [868170] |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libemail-address-perl]Fixed
Details (2)
1.913-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.912-1dsa · libemail-address-perl · debian · bookworm; dsa · libemail-address-perl · debian · 12
1.913-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.912-1dsa · libemail-address-perl · debian · bookworm; dsa · libemail-address-perl · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [libemail-address-perl]Fixed
Details (2)
1.913-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.912-1dsa · libemail-address-perl · debian · 13
1.913-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.912-1dsa · libemail-address-perl · debian · 13
Observed: