CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-28009

7.8 HIGH Published 2021-05-06 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-05-06
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-190

Description

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 allows Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow because get_stdinput allows unbounded reads that are accompanied by unbounded increases in a certain size variable. NOTE: exploitation may be impractical because of the execution time needed to overflow (multiple days).

Affected configurations

• exim exim (>= 4.00 < 4.94.2)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound weakness

References