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CVE-2026-45185
CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2026-05-12T20:16:46.137 · Last modified 2026-06-17T10:51:45.380

Summary

Exim before 4.99.3, in certain GnuTLS configurations, has a remotely reachable use-after-free in the BDAT body parsing path. It is triggered when a client sends a TLS close_notify mid-body during a CHUNKING transfer, followed by a final cleartext byte on the same TCP connection. This can lead to heap corruption. An unauthenticated network attacker exploiting this vulnerability could execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

exim — exim

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References

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