Decoding a maliciously-crafted MIME header containing many invalid encoded-words can consume excessive CPU.
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Description Decoding a maliciously-crafted MIME header containing many invalid encoded-words can consume excessive CPU.
Title Quadratic complexity in WordDecoder.DecodeHeader in mime
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Go

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-02T22:01:37.219Z

Reserved: 2026-04-28T00:21:12.792Z

Link: CVE-2026-42504

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-06-02T23:16:37.927

Modified: 2026-06-02T23:16:37.927

Link: CVE-2026-42504

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