CVE-2020-28019

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 has Improper Initialization that can lead to recursion-based stack consumption or other consequences

published May 6, 2021

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High probability of exploitation

NVD has not assigned a CVSS score to this record. It sits in the 99.2th percentile for exploit probability.

CVSS
—
EPSS
62%
Percentile
99.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.61664 · 99.2th percentile
Published
2021-05-06T04:03Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 MAY 04:03Z
    Exim 4 before 4.94.2 has Improper Initialization that can lead to recursion-based stack consumption or other consequences
    cvelistv5