CVE-2025-40912 | CryptX for Perl before version 0.065 contains a dependency that may be susceptible to malformed unicode

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.

Published: 2025-06-11 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e Source: 9b29abf9-4ab0-4765-b253-1875cd9b441e
NVD Status：Deferred，CVE State: published
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CVE-2025-40912 is rated Moderate Risk (61.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.41%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-40912

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-07 0.06% 0.41% +0.36%
2 2025-06-17 0.04% 0.06% +0.01%
3 2025-06-12 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-40912

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-40912

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-40912

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-40912 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libcryptx-perl), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-40912
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-40912 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libcryptx-perl), 8 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, upstream): not-affected 6, released 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40912

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-40912

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2025-40912

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