MIME::Parser versions before 5.521 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via indented error messages from a truncated, deeply nested message. Each stored parser diagnostic is indented by three spaces per nesting level. When a message nested N levels deep ends without its closing boundaries, every level logs an error at its own depth, so the stored diagnostics grow with the square of N. The defaults place no limit on nesting depth.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 4
- StatusReceived → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-28 17:32
- StatusPublished → ReceivedNVD modified 2026-10-28 18:17
- StatusReceived → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-28 17:32
- First seenunscoredNVD modified 2026-10-28 18:17
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