CVE-2020-28009

HIGH

Exim 4.00-4.94.1 - Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow via Unbounded STDIN Read

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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).

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0047
EPSS Percentile 36.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-190
Status published
Products (1)
exim/exim 4.00 - 4.94.2
Published May 06, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026