CVE-2025-40912 (GCVE-0-2025-40912)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-11 17:48 – Updated: 2025-06-11 18:44
VLAI
Title
CryptX for Perl before version 0.065 contains a dependency that may be susceptible to malformed unicode
Summary
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.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-06-11 18:43 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-1395 - Dependency on Vulnerable Third-Party Component
Assigner
CPANSec CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard C 64/100 over 265 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
MIK CryptX Affected: 0.002 , < 0.065 (custom)
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