CVE-2022-48564
read_ints in plistlib.py in Python through 3.9.1 is vulnerable to a potential DoS attack via CPU and RAM exhaustion when processing malformed Apple Property List files in binary format.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.65%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
read_ints in plistlib.py in Python through 3.9.1 is vulnerable to a potential DoS attack via CPU and RAM exhaustion when processing malformed Apple Property List files in binary format.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.65% probability · 76th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Affected
- python/python · netapp/active iq unified manager
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://bugs.python.org/issue42103Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230929-0009/Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.python.org/issue42103Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230929-0009/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.