CVE-2025-40912
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.41%
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.
How to fix CVE-2025-40912
To remediate CVE-2025-40912, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libcryptx-perl—upgrade to 0.066-1 or later
Is CVE-2025-40912 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 0.066-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |