| Name | CVE-2025-40914 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1107697 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libcryptx-perl (PTS) | bullseye | 0.069-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 0.077-1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 0.085-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[bookworm] - libcryptx-perl <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - libcryptx-perl <postponed> (Minor issue)
https://lists.security.metacpan.org/cve-announce/msg/30332012/
https://github.com/libtom/libtommath/pull/546
https://github.com/DCIT/perl-CryptX/security/advisories/GHSA-6fh3-7qjq-8v22
CVE exists because CryptX embeds a version of the libtommath library that is
susceptible to an integer overflow associated with CVE-2023-36328.