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high 8.1

CVE-2025-30232 json

A use-after-free in Exim 4.96 through 4.98.1 could allow users (with command-line access) to escalate privileges.

published last yr. modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2025-8527

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A use-after-free in Exim 4.96 through 4.98.1 could allow users (with command-line access) to escalate privileges.

Patch / fix

  • Exim Exim 4.98.2
  • exim4 Debian 12 4.96-15+deb12u7
  • exim4 Debian 14, Debian 13 4.98.1-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-30232

  • exim4 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 4.97-4ubuntu4.3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-30232

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • exim openSUSE Tumbleweed 4.98.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:14935-1

  • exim Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +1 more 4.98.2-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2025-30232

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • exim Arch Linux 4.98.2-1

arch linux advisories AVG-2859

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2025-30232 updated cvss 8.1

exim: privilege escalation via use-after-free

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Exim Exim

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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