Vulnerabilities / CVE-2020-28017

critical

CVE-2020-28017

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 allows Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow in rec ...

Published Modified CWE 190
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Amazon (high), Ubuntu (medium).

Description

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 allows Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow in receive_add_recipient via an e-mail message with fifty million recipients. NOTE: remote exploitation may be difficult because of resource consumption.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.13exim4.94.2-r0
alpine 3.14exim4.94.2-r0
alpine 3.15exim4.94.2-r0
alpine 3.16exim4.94.2-r0
alpine 3.17exim4.94.2-r0
alpine 3.18exim4.94.2-r0
alpine 3.19exim4.94.2-r0
alpine 3.20exim4.94.2-r0
alpine 3.21exim4.94.2-r0
alpine 3.22exim4.94.2-r0
alpine 3.23exim4.94.2-r0
alpine 3.24exim4.94.2-r0
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SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.13exim4.94.2-r0
alpine 3.14exim4.94.2-r0
alpine 3.15exim4.94.2-r0
alpine 3.16exim4.94.2-r0
alpine 3.17exim4.94.2-r0
alpine 3.18exim4.94.2-r0
alpine 3.19exim4.94.2-r0
alpine 3.20exim4.94.2-r0
alpine 3.21exim4.94.2-r0
alpine 3.22exim4.94.2-r0
alpine 3.23exim4.94.2-r0
alpine 3.24exim4.94.2-r0
alpine edgeexim4.94.2-r0
amazon linux 1exim4.92-1.27.amzn1
amazon linux 1exim-debuginfo4.92-1.27.amzn1
amazon linux 1exim-greylist4.92-1.27.amzn1
amazon linux 1exim-mon4.92-1.27.amzn1
amazon linux 1exim-mysql4.92-1.27.amzn1
amazon linux 1exim-pgsql4.92-1.27.amzn1
debian 10exim44.92-8+deb10u6
debian 11exim44.94.2-1
debian 12exim44.94.2-1
debian 13exim44.94.2-1
debian 14exim44.94.2-1
debian 9exim44.89-2+deb9u8
echoexim44.94.2-1
ubuntu 14.04-ESMexim44.82-3ubuntu2.4+esm3
ubuntu 16.04-ESMexim44.86.2-2ubuntu2.6+esm1
ubuntu 18.04exim44.90.1-1ubuntu1.8
ubuntu 18.04-ESMexim44.90.1-1ubuntu1.8
ubuntu 20.04exim44.93-13ubuntu1.5
ubuntu 20.04-ESMexim44.93-13ubuntu1.5
ubuntu 20.10exim44.94-7ubuntu1.2
ubuntu 21.04exim44.94-15ubuntu1.2
ubuntu 21.10exim44.94-15ubuntu1.2
ubuntu 22.04exim44.94-15ubuntu1.2

References

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