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            "url": "https://www.first.org/tlp/"
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      "lang": "en",
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            "category": "description",
            "text": "MIME::Words versions before 5.521 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via repeated \"=?\" sequences in decode_mimewords.\n\nFor each \"=?\" that does not start a complete encoded word, decode_mimewords appends an error message containing the whole input string to $@. A boundary of 8,000 \"=?\" pairs (16,000 bytes) adds 8,000 copies of itself to $@, about 128 MB.\n\nFrom version 5.518, MIME::Parser decodes every multipart boundary this way, so a remote sender can exhaust the memory of the parsing process with one Content-Type header.",
            "title": "Vulnerability Description"
         }
      ],
      "publisher": {
         "category": "other",
         "contact_details": "gdt@cpan.org",
         "name": "giterlizzi",
         "namespace": "https://github.com/giterlizzi/"
      },
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         {
            "category": "self",
            "summary": "CPANSA-MIME-tools-2026-116270 JSON",
            "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2026/cpansa-mime-tools-2026-116270.json"
         },
         {
            "category": "external",
            "summary": "https://metacpan.org/release/DSKOLL/MIME-tools-5.521/changes",
            "url": "https://metacpan.org/release/DSKOLL/MIME-tools-5.521/changes"
         },
         {
            "category": "external",
            "summary": "CVE-2026-116270 (NVD)",
            "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116270"
         }
      ],
      "title": "MIME-tools vulnerability",
      "tracking": {
         "current_release_date": "2026-10-28T00:00:00",
         "generator": {
            "engine": {
               "name": "CSAF Perl Toolkit",
               "version": "0.26"
            }
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         "id": "CPANSA-MIME-tools-2026-116270",
         "initial_release_date": "2026-10-28T00:00:00",
         "revision_history": [
            {
               "date": "2026-10-28T00:00:00",
               "number": "1",
               "summary": "First release"
            }
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            "name": "Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity"
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            {
               "category": "description",
               "text": "MIME::Words versions before 5.521 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via repeated \"=?\" sequences in decode_mimewords.\n\nFor each \"=?\" that does not start a complete encoded word, decode_mimewords appends an error message containing the whole input string to $@. A boundary of 8,000 \"=?\" pairs (16,000 bytes) adds 8,000 copies of itself to $@, about 128 MB.\n\nFrom version 5.518, MIME::Parser decodes every multipart boundary this way, so a remote sender can exhaust the memory of the parsing process with one Content-Type header.",
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