Exim

Exim Maintainers · current 4.99.1

The current version of Exim is 4.99.1 (as of 14/12/2025). patchletter checks the official source daily and emails you every new release.

Actively exploited vulnerabilities

The US cybersecurity agency CISA lists these vulnerabilities in its catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Check your version and patch or mitigate promptly.

  • CVE-2018-6789Exim Buffer Overflow VulnerabilityRansomware

    9.8 critical · over the network, without login · CISA deadline was 3 May 22

  • CVE-2019-10149Exim Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) Improper Input Validation

    9.8 critical · over the network, without login · CISA deadline was 10 Jul 22

  • CVE-2019-16928Exim Out-of-bounds Write Vulnerability

    9.8 critical · over the network, without login · CISA deadline was 17 Mar 22

  • CVE-2010-4344Exim Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

    9.8 critical · over the network, without login · CISA deadline was 15 Apr 22

  • CVE-2010-4345Exim Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

    7.8 high · locally only, with a basic account · CISA deadline was 15 Apr 22

Source: CISA KEV. The CVE is matched to the product automatically — when in doubt, the linked NVD entry applies.

BSI security advisories

Advisories the German BSI (CERT-Bund) published for this product. Whether your version is affected is stated in the advisory itself.

All BSI advisories →

Support cycles (endoflife.date)

CycleLatest versionStatus
4.994.99.1supported
4.984.98.2End of Life
4.974.97.1End of Life
4.964.96.2End of Life
4.954.95End of Life
4.944.94.2End of Life
4.934.93.0.4End of Life
4.924.92.3End of Life

Version history & changelog · as detected by patchletter

VersionChannelDateNotes
4.99.1STABLE14/12/2025Release notes →

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Exim 4.99.1, released 14/12/2025. patchletter checks the vendor's official source daily for new releases.
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