{
    "id": "CVE-2020-28017",
    "published": "2021-05-06 13:15:09",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 03:10:00",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-190",
    "description": "Exim 4 before 4.94.2 allows Integer Overflow to Buffer Overflow in receive_add_recipient via an e-mail message with fifty million recipients. NOTE: remote exploitation may be difficult because of resource consumption.",
    "epss_score": "0.36899",
    "epss_percentile": "0.98468",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-02 18:17:27",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "EPSS 36.9% — above the 10% action threshold."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "exim",
            "product": "exim"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "https://www.exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2020-qualys/CVE-2020-28017-RCPTL.txt",
        "https://www.exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2020-qualys/CVE-2020-28017-RCPTL.txt"
    ]
}