Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting exim/exim package, versions [,4.99.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.41% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-EXIMEXIM-14413539
  • published14 Dec 2025
  • disclosed14 Dec 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 Dec 2025

CVE-2025-67896  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade exim/exim to version 4.99.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow due to improper handling of memory allocation. An attacker can cause memory corruption and potentially disrupt service by sending specially crafted input to the affected service.

Note: Additional information about the vulnerability and the fix was not disclosed to the public at the time of writing this advisory.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1