CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-7040

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Text::Minify::XS versions from 0.3.0 before 0.7.8 for Perl have a heap overflow when processing some malformed UTF-8 characters.

Risk Assessment

Improper handling of UTF-8 characters can lead to memory corruption, posing risks to application stability and data security.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to version 0.7.8 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Text::Minify::XS versions from 0.3.0 before 0.7.8 for Perl have a heap overflow when processing some malformed UTF-8 characters. The minify functions mishandled some malformed UTF-8 characters, leading to heap corruption. Note that the minify_utf8 function is an alias for minify.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS