CVE-2020-28025

high

Published — · Modified —

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

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VIR risk

8.0

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-28025

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
arch		fixed	`4.94.2-1`
debian	bookworm	fixed	`4.94.2-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`4.94.2-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`4.94.2-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`4.94.2-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`4.94.2-1`

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-28025

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.