Medium severity · published May 27, 2026
CVE-2025-15649
IO::Uncompress::Unzip versions before 2.215 for Perl propagate uncaught exception when parsing zip header with malformed DOS date
5.5
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 2% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IO
IO::Uncompress::Unzip · PMQS
before 2.215 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15649
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-15649
github.com
https://github.com/pmqs/IO-Compress/commit/fd28c1d2374eee9811f6d0c5bddc0957abdf1da8.patch
github.com
https://github.com/pmqs/IO-Compress/issues/65
metacpan.org
https://metacpan.org/release/PMQS/IO-Compress-2.215/changes
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/27/1
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