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CVE-2025-40912

CryptX for Perl before version 0.065 contains a dependency that may be susceptible to malformed unicode.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 0.41%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.41%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

CryptX for Perl before version 0.065 contains a dependency that may be susceptible to malformed unicode. CryptX embeds the tomcrypt library. The versions of that library in CryptX before 0.065 may be susceptible to CVE-2019-17362.

CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.41% probability · 35th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Source: 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e

References

https://github.com/libtom/libtomcrypt/issues/507

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.