CVE-2026-40685_CVE-2026-40685

6.5 / 10

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

Description

In Exim before 4.99.2, when JSON lookup is enabled, an out-of-bounds heap write can occur when a JSON operator encounters malformed JSON in an untrusted header, because of an incorrect implementation of \ skipping.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-40685

Source mitre

Published Apr 30, 2026 at 00:00

Modified Apr 30, 2026 at 21:26

Affected Product

Vendor Exim

Product Exim

Affected Versions Exim Exim 0

CWE Classification

CWE-684

References

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