CVE-2020-28009

Public on 2021-05-06
Modified on 2022-08-05
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).
Severity
Important severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
HAQM Linux 1 exim 2022-07-28 ALAS-2022-1622 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
HAQM Linux CVSSv2 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
HAQM Linux CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H