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Case File

CVE-2014-4720

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 1.86% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2014-07-06 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2014-4720
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
1.86%

Original NVD 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.