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CVE-2025-40914

Perl CryptX before version 0.087 contains a dependency that may be susceptible to an integer overflow.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 0.54%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.54%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Perl CryptX before version 0.087 contains a dependency that may be susceptible to an integer overflow. CryptX embeds a version of the libtommath library that is susceptible to an integer overflow associated with CVE-2023-36328.

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: 0.54% probability · 44th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Source: 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e

References

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j3xv-6967-cv88
https://github.com/libtom/libtommath/pull/546
https://metacpan.org/release/MIK/CryptX-0.086/source/src/ltm/bn_mp_grow.c
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-36328

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