CVE-2026-45185

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

28 May 2026, 18:46

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CPE cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Exim exim
Exim
References () https://code.exim.org/exim/wiki/wiki/EximSecurity - () https://code.exim.org/exim/wiki/wiki/EximSecurity - Vendor Advisory
References () https://exim.org - () https://exim.org - Product
References () https://exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2026-45185.txt - () https://exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2026-45185.txt - Broken Link
References () https://exim.org/static/doc/security/EXIM-Security-2026-05-01.1/ - () https://exim.org/static/doc/security/EXIM-Security-2026-05-01.1/ - Release Notes
References () https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48111748 - () https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48111748 - Issue Tracking
References () https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/12/4 - () https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/12/4 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://xbow.com/blog/dead-letter-cve-2026-45185-xbow-found-rce-exim - () https://xbow.com/blog/dead-letter-cve-2026-45185-xbow-found-rce-exim - Third Party Advisory
References () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/12/25 - () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/12/25 - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

13 May 2026, 15:52

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References
  • () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/12/25 -

12 May 2026, 21:16

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CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 9.8
CWE CWE-416

12 May 2026, 20:16

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-12 20:16

Updated : 2026-05-28 18:46


NVD link : CVE-2026-45185

Mitre link : CVE-2026-45185

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-45185


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Products Affected

exim

  • exim
CWE
CWE-416

Use After Free