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CVE-2020-28013

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.39%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-05-06 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2020-28013
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.39%

Original NVD Description

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 allows Heap-based Buffer Overflow because it mishandles "-F '.('" on the command line, and thus may allow privilege escalation from any user to root. This occurs because of the interpretation of negative sizes in strncpy.

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