What is the CVSS score of CVE-2015-7686?

CVE-2015-7686 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.8 (High). CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.8%.

Email Address CVE-2015-7686

HIGH

Improper Input Validation (CWE-20)

2015-10-06 cve@mitre.org

Denial Of Service Email Address

7.8

CVSS 2.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

7.8 HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Oct 06, 2015 - 01:59 cve.org

HIGH 7.8

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

AnalysisAI

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. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-20. 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. Affected products include: Email-Address Project Email-Address.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.