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Exim: CVE-2022-37451: Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Aug 6, 2022
Added
Aug 16, 2022
Modified
Jun 9, 2026

Description

Exim before 4.96 has an invalid free in pam_converse in auths/call_pam.c because store_free is not used after store_malloc.

Solution

exim-upgrade-latest

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