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CVE-2026-43964 (GCVE-0-2026-43964)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-04 18:10 – Updated: 2026-06-30 12:08
VLAI?
Summary
Postfix before 3.8.16, 3.9 before 3.9.10, and 3.10 before 3.10.9 sometimes allows a buffer over-read and process crash via an enhanced status code that lacks text after the third number.
Severity ?
CWE
- CWE-193 - Off-by-one Error
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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