CVE-2012-1588

Severity: low (CVSS 3.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-10-01 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the _filter_url function in the text filtering system (modules/filter/filter.module) in Drupal 7.x before 7.14 allows remote authenticated users with certain roles to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long email address.

Affected products

Drupal: 7.0, 7.0-alpha1, 7.0-alpha2, 7.0-alpha3, 7.0-alpha4, 7.0-alpha5 (+24)

References

http://drupal.org/drupal-7.14
http://drupal.org/node/1557938
http://drupal.org/node/1558468
http://drupalcode.org/project/drupal.git/commit/db79496ae983447506f016a20738c3d7e5d059fa
http://secunia.com/advisories/49012
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:074
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53368
http://drupal.org/drupal-7.14
http://drupal.org/node/1557938
http://drupal.org/node/1558468
http://drupalcode.org/project/drupal.git/commit/db79496ae983447506f016a20738c3d7e5d059fa
http://secunia.com/advisories/49012

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