CVE-2025-30232

NameCVE-2025-30232
DescriptionA use-after-free in Exim 4.96 through 4.98.1 could allow users (with command-line access) to escalate privileges.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-5887-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
exim4 (PTS)bullseye4.94.2-7+deb11u3fixed
bullseye (security)4.94.2-7+deb11u4fixed
bookworm4.96-15+deb12u6vulnerable
bookworm (security)4.96-15+deb12u7fixed
trixie4.98.1-2fixed
sid4.98.2-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
exim4sourcebullseye(not affected)
exim4sourcebookworm4.96-15+deb12u7DSA-5887-1
exim4source(unstable)4.98.1-2

Notes

[bullseye] - exim4 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2025-30232.txt
https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20250326.140105.6b97555b.en.html
Introduced after: https://code.exim.org/exim/exim/commit/19fdbfb4a2b6ca4a6a96ef52be848f0a23e2414f (exim-4.96-RC0)
Fixed by: https://code.exim.org/exim/exim/commit/be040d7df68a8cbb244aaabc37832984dafcbf55

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