Security advisory

{
  "id": "40386865d388b53eef24b00eb5447b3df15bf12f315d11fe644848dbe3d070b5",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-30232",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2025-30232",
    "summary": "A use-after-free in Exim 4.96 through 4.98.1 could allow users (with command-line access) to escalate privileges.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2025-30232",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2025-30232",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2025-30232"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/exim/exim",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "568dbf1701e031eb1b0cfb50d3a656477f4198c8"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "bfe32b5c6ea033736a26da8421513206db9fe305"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.96"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.98.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "exim-4.98.1",
            "exim-4.98",
            "exim-4.98-RC3",
            "exim-4.98-RC2",
            "exim-4.98-RC1",
            "exim-4.98-RC0",
            "exim-4.97",
            "exim-4.97-RC2",
            "exim-4.96",
            "exim-4.97-RC1",
            "exim-4.97-RC0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-30232.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:27.065830118Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.exim.org/static/doc/security/CVE-2025-30232.txt",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/30xxx/CVE-2025-30232.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30232"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-416"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "4.96"
                  },
                  {
                    "fixed": "4.98.2"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                "strategy": "StandardRange"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/30xxx/CVE-2025-30232.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2025-30232",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 493600,
  "published_at": "2025-03-27T00:00:00+00:00"
}