Vulnerability · Published May 27, 2026 · Assigned by CPANSec
CVE-2025-15649IO::Uncompress::Unzip versions before 2.215 for Perl propagate uncaught exception when parsing zip header with malformed DOS date
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in IO::Uncompress::Unzip from PMQS. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 2% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
IO::Uncompress::Unzip versions before 2.215 for Perl propagate uncaught exception when parsing zip header with malformed DOS date. _dosToUnixTime() decodes the local-file-header last-modification date field and calls Time::Local::timelocal() without an eval guard. A header whose date field decodes to an out-of-range month, day, or hour causes timelocal() to die. The exception propagates out of IO::Uncompress::Unzip->new($file) where callers expect undef plus $UnzipError.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.24 | perl | 5.42.3-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2025-15649 |
| Debian:12 | libio-compress-perl | 2.204-1+deb12u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-15649 |
| Debian:13 | libio-compress-perl | 2.213-1+deb13u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-15649 |
| Debian:14 | libio-compress-perl | 2.217-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-15649 |
| Debian:12 | perl | 5.36.0-7+deb12u4 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-15649 |
| Debian:13 | perl | 5.40.1-6+deb13u1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-15649 |
| Debian:14 | perl | 5.40.1-8 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-15649 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | libio-compress-perl | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15649 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | libio-compress-perl | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15649 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | libio-compress-perl | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15649 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | perl | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15649 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | perl | 5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.4 | USN-8684-1 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | perl | 5.38.2-3.2ubuntu0.4 | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15649 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | perl | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15649 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | perl | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15649 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | perl | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2025-15649 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| PMQS | IO::Uncompress::Unzip | 0 – before 2.215 |
Weakness: CWE-248 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H