CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-40687

Missing Initialization of Resource

Published: Apr 30, 2026 | Modified: May 01, 2026
CVSS 3.x
9.1
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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In Exim before 4.99.2, when the SPA authentication driver is used with an adversarial SPA resource, there can be an out-of-bounds write that crashes the connection instance, or erroneous data processing that divulges data from uninitialized heap memory.

Weakness

The product does not initialize a critical resource.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
EximExim*4.99.2 (excluding)
Exim4Ubuntudevel*
Exim4Ubuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
Exim4Ubuntuesm-infra-legacy/xenial*
Exim4Ubuntuesm-infra/bionic*
Exim4Ubuntuesm-infra/focal*
Exim4Ubuntuesm-infra/xenial*
Exim4Ubuntujammy*
Exim4Ubuntunoble*
Exim4Ubuntuquesting*
Exim4Ubunturesolute*
Exim4Ubuntuupstream*

Potential Mitigations

References