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CVE-2020-28019

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 61.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-05-06 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-665

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.

Affected products

• Exim: from 4.88 before 4.94.2 — fixed in 4.94.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Exim 4.94.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2020-qualys/CVE-2020-28019-BDATA.txt
• https://www.exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2020-qualys/CVE-2020-28019-BDATA.txt

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