CVE-2025-40914

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

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2025-04-16 CVE Reserved
2025-06-11 CVE Published
2025-06-11 CVE Updated
2025-06-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-1395: Dependency on Vulnerable Third-Party Component

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
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

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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
MIK Search vendor "MIK"		CryptX Search vendor "MIK" for product "CryptX"				>= 0.002 <= 0.086 Search vendor "MIK" for product "CryptX" and version " >= 0.002 <= 0.086"		en		Affected