Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-40914

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

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

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-40914. EPSS is 0.54%. 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
0.54%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor MIK CryptX 0.002 ≤0.086

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.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor MIK CryptX 0.002 ≤0.0860.002 ≤0.086

How to fix CVE-2025-40914

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-2025-40914. EPSS is 0.54%. 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 ≤0.086 0.002 ≤0.086. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.54%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 11, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. Jun 11, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-40914

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-40914

    30-day exploitation probability 0.5%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-18120

    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.

    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.