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exim4 — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12783

Exim through 4.93 has an out-of-bounds read in the SPA authenticator that could result in SPA/NTLM authentication bypass in auths/spa.c and auths/auth-spa.c.

Products
exim4
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
4.93-16
CVEs
CVE-2020-12783
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 12:34 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12783

core-osv · Original source

Published 11 May 2020, 14:15 UTC

Exim through 4.93 has an out-of-bounds read in the SPA authenticator that could result in SPA/NTLM authentication bypass in auths/spa.c and auths/auth-spa.c.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12783

exim4

Fixed versions: 4.93-16

exim4

Fixed versions: 4.93-16

exim4

Fixed versions: 4.93-16

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12783",
  "method": "structured",
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      "modified": "2026-10-26T12:00:32.908133656Z",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 451207,
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