Excessive CPU via ParseAddress in JavaMail
CVE-2025-61725 Published on October 29, 2025
Excessive CPU consumption in ParseAddress in net/mail
The ParseAddress function constructs domain-literal address components through repeated string concatenation. When parsing large domain-literal components, this can cause excessive CPU consumption.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-61725 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-61725
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Affected Versions
Go standard library net/mail:- Before 1.24.8 is affected.
- Version 1.25.0 and below 1.25.2 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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