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CVE-2026-116270 MIME::Words versions before 5.521 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via repeated "=?" sequences in decode_mimewords

🗓️ 28 Oct 2026 17:33:48Reported by CPANSecType 
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Memory exhaustion in MIME::Words for Perl via repeated "=?" sequences in decode_mimewords.

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Family
freebsd
FreeBSD
p5-MIME-Tools -- multiple vulnerabilities
27 Oct 202600:00
–freebsd
circl
Circl
CVE-2026-116270
28 Oct 202617:52
–circl
cve
CVE
CVE-2026-116270
28 Oct 202617:33
–cve
debiancve
Debian CVE
CVE-2026-116270
28 Oct 202602:17
–debiancve
euvd
EUVD
EUVD-2026-112303
28 Oct 202617:33
–euvd
nvd
NVD
CVE-2026-116270
28 Oct 202618:17
–nvd
osv_debian
osv_debian
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-116270
28 Oct 202618:17
–osv_debian
osv_ubuntu
osv_ubuntu
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-116270
28 Oct 202600:00
–osv_ubuntu
ptsecurity
Positive Technologies
PT-2026-129084
28 Oct 202600:00
–ptsecurity
ubuntucve
UbuntuCve
CVE-2026-116270
28 Oct 202600:00
–ubuntucve
[
  {
    "collectionURL": "https://cpan.org/modules",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
    "modules": [
      "MIME::Words"
    ],
    "packageName": "MIME-tools",
    "packageURL": "pkg:cpan/MIME-tools",
    "programFiles": [
      "lib/MIME/Words.pm",
      "lib/MIME/Head.pm"
    ],
    "programRoutines": [
      {
        "name": "MIME::Words::decode_mimewords"
      },
      {
        "name": "MIME::Head::multipart_boundary"
      }
    ],
    "repo": "https://salsa.debian.org/dskoll/mime-tools",
    "versions": [
      {
        "lessThan": "5.521",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]

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