Description (CNA)
In Exim before 4.99.2, on systems using musl libc (not glibc), an attacker can crash the connection instance when malformed DNS data is present in PTR records. This is caused by a dn_expand oddity in octal printing.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Exim / Exim | affected 0 before 4.99.2 |
CWE
CWE-684
References
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/30/21
- https://exim.org/static/doc/security/cve-2026-04.1/CVE2026-40684.assessment
- https://code.exim.org/exim/exim/commit/628bbaca7672748d941a12e7cd5f0122a4e18c81
- https://exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2026-40684.txt
ADP enrichment
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