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CVE-2020-28025 (GCVE-0-2020-28025)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-05-06 04:36 – Updated: 2024-08-04 16:25
VLAI
Summary
Exim 4 before 4.94.2 allows Out-of-bounds Read because pdkim_finish_bodyhash does not validate the relationship between sig->bodyhash.len and b->bh.len; thus, a crafted DKIM-Signature header might lead to a leak of sensitive information from process memory.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
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References
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