VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-28019
Exim 4 before 4.94.2 has Improper Initialization that can lead to recursion-based stack consumption or other consequences.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 61.7%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 61.7%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 61.66% probability · 99th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-665
- Affected
- exim/exim
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.