{"cve":"CVE-2025-40019","nvd":{"published":"2025-10-24T12:15:37.820","modified":"2026-10-19T21:10:00.160","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncrypto: essiv - Check ssize for decryption and in-place encryption\n\nMove the ssize check to the start in essiv_aead_crypt so that\nit's also checked for decryption and in-place encryption.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/248ff2797ff52a8cbf86507f9583437443bf7685","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29294dd6f1e7acf527255fb136ffde6602c3a129","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bb73db6948c2de23e407fe1b7ef94bf02b7529f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71f03f8f72d9c70ffba76980e78b38c180e61589","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da7afb01ba05577ba3629f7f4824205550644986"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-40019","score":0.00287,"percentile":0.21047,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}