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CVE-2020-28013 (GCVE-0-2020-28013)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-05-06 03:39 – Updated: 2024-08-04 16:25
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Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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