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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-40912

CryptX for Perl before version 0.065 contains a dependency that may be susceptible to malformed unicode.

Published Jun 11, 2025 · catalog updated Jun 11, 2025 · MIK CryptX

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-40912. EPSS is 0.41%. Act only if a listed version of MIK CryptX is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Critical9.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.41%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor MIK CryptX 0.002 <0.065

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.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor MIK CryptX 0.002 <0.0650.002 <0.065

How to fix CVE-2025-40912

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-40912. EPSS is 0.41%. Act only if a listed version of MIK CryptX is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with MIK CryptX 0.002 <0.065 0.002 <0.065. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.41%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 11, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. Jun 11, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-40912

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-40912

    30-day exploitation probability 0.4%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-18140

    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.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.