| Name | CVE-2025-40912 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libcryptx-perl (PTS) | bullseye | 0.069-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 0.077-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 0.085-1 | fixed |
| forky, sid | 0.087-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libcryptx-perl | source | (unstable) | 0.066-1 | | | |
Notes
https://github.com/libtom/libtomcrypt/issues/507
perl-CryptX: https://github.com/DCIT/perl-CryptX/commit/32f1d210ed6300b8e82f46f1b983f7316aa7eaf9 (v0.065)
https://lists.security.metacpan.org/cve-announce/msg/30337161/
CVE is for the use of the vulnerable version of the embedded libtomcrypt
library affected by CVE-2019-17362.