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🛡️ USN-8128-1 — libcryptx-perl (CVE-2018-25099 +2 more)

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

libcryptx-perl vulnerabilities

It was discovered that CryptX did not verify authentication tags while

performing GCM and ChaCha20-Poly1305 decryption. An attacker could possibly

use this issue to cause CryptX to accept modified ciphertext, leading to

data integrity violations or authentication bypass. This issue only

affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-25099)

It was discovered that CryptX included a version of the tomcrypt library

that was susceptible to malformed unicode handling. An attacker could

possibly use this issue to cause unexpected behavior or incorrect

processing of crafted input. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.

(CVE-2025-40912)

It was discovered that CryptX included a version of the libtommath library

that was susceptible to an integer overflow. An attacker could possibly use

this issue to cause memory corruption or a denial of service.

(CVE-2025-40914)

Affected software

USN-8128-1 is recorded against 1 package.

  • libcryptx-perl (fixed in 0.080-2ubuntu0.1~esm1)

Timeline and source

Published on 26 March 2026 and last revised on 27 April 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Advisory)
ubuntu.com (Report)
ubuntu.com (Report)
ubuntu.com (Report)

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-03-26
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-04-27
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
libcryptx-perl — 0.080-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

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