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CVE-2020-28018

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-28018 is a critical Use After Free vulnerability affecting Exim mail transfer agent versions prior to 4.94.2, specifically in builds utilizing OpenSSL. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as reflected by its CVSS score of 9.8. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed, its high EPSS score and media coverage indicate significant potential risk and community awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.90, < 4.94.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
56.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5675 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exim.org / static/doc/security/CVE-2020-qualys/CVE-2020-28018-OCORK.txt
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2021/05/11/14
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2021/05/11/15
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2021/05/11/17
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2021/05/11/5
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2021/05/11/6
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2021/05/12/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2021/05/12/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory