CVE-2020-28018
highpriority · attend · 69EPSS 0.565 · 99 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUSgrimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
1 exploit · PoC
Likely / severe?
56.5% (99th) EPSS
CVSS 7.5 · high
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Exim 4 before 4.94.2 allows Use After Free in smtp_reset in certain situations that may be common for builds with OpenSSL.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
9.8
010
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
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exploits (1)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- dorkerdevil/CVE-2020-28018exim use after free exploit and detectionPoC · poc_in_github
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affected products (13)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
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also known as (4)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
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references (32)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/11/14cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/11/15cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/11/17cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/11/5cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/11/6cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/12/2cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/12/3cnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2025110003cnnvd
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