CVE-2025-40914 Affecting perl-CryptX package, versions <0:0.080-1.amzn2023.0.1
Threat Intelligence
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- published24 Jun 2025
- disclosed11 Jun 2025
Introduced: 11 Jun 2025
NewCVE-2025-40914 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 perl-CryptX to version 0:0.080-1.amzn2023.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-1035.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream perl-CryptX package and not the perl-CryptX package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.