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CVE-2025-40912
Published:June 11, 2025
Updated:May 17, 2026
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.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/DCIT/perl-CryptX.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v0.018 <v0.065
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v0.065
Additional Notes
The description of this vulnerability differs from MITRE.
Related Resources (1)
https://github.com/libtom/libtomcrypt/issues/507
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
9.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Dependency on Vulnerable Third-Party Component
CWE-1395
EPSS
Base Score:
0.41