CVE-2020-28011
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.004 · 33 %ileEURUUSgrimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.39% (33rd) EPSS
CVSS 7.2 · high
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Exim 4 before 4.94.2 allows Heap-based Buffer Overflow in queue_run via two sender options: -R and -S. This may cause privilege escalation from exim to root.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
7.8
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
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weaknesses
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affected products (21)
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also known as (4)
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sources
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references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162446/Ubuntu-Security-Notice-USN-4934-1.htmlcnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162475/Gentoo-Linux-Security-Advisory-202105-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Exim-multiple-vulnerabilities-35237cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.1512cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.1562cnnvd
- https://www.cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2021050420cnnvd
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4912Patchcnnvd
- https://www.exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2020-qualys/CVE-2020-28011-SPRSS.txtcnnvd
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