High severity · published May 6, 2021
CVE-2020-28019
Exim 4 before 4.94.2 has Improper Initialization that can lead to recursion-based stack consumption or other consequences
7.5
CVSS
61.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Exim 4 before 4.94.2 has Improper Initialization that can lead to recursion-based stack consumption or other consequences. This occurs because use of certain getc functions is mishandled when a client uses BDAT instead of DATA.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)61.7% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EX
Exim · Exim
4.88 before 4.94.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-28019
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-28019
Vendor Advisory
https://www.exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2020-qualys/CVE-2020-28019-BDATA.txt
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