CVE-2014-1474

Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in Email::Address::List before 0.02, as used in RT 4.2.0 through 4.2.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a string without an address.

Published: 2014-07-15 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2014-1474 is rated Moderate Risk (50.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.43%). EPSS rose +1.89% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-1474

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.53% 2.43% +1.89%
2 2025-03-30 1.03% 0.53% -0.49%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.03% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-1474

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-1474

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-1474

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-1474 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libemail-address-list-perl), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1474
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-1474 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libemail-address-list-perl), 4 status rows across 4 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream): DNE 3, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1474

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-1474

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
bestpractical rt 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bestpractical rt 4.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:bestpractical:rt:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
email::address::list_project email::address::list <= 0.01 cpe:2.3:a:email\:\:address\:\:list_project:email\:\:address\:\:list:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-1474

cvelogic Threat Intelligence