VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2025-13837
When loading a plist file, the plistlib module reads data in size specified by the file itself, meaning a malicious file can cause OOM and DoS issues
LOW 2.1EPSS 0.22%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.22%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
When loading a plist file, the plistlib module reads data in size specified by the file itself, meaning a malicious file can cause OOM and DoS issues
- CVSS 4.0
- 2.1 LOWCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.22% probability · 13th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Affected
- python/python
- Source
- cna@python.org
References
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/568342cfc8f002d9a15f30238f26b9d2e0e79036
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5a8b19677d818fb41ee55f310233772e15aa1a2bPatch
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/694922cf40aa3a28f898b5f5ee08b71b4922df70Patch
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/71fa8eb8233b37f16c88b6e3e583b461b205d1baPatch
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b64441e4852383645af5b435411a6f849dd1b4cbPatch
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/cefee7d118a26ef6cd43db59bb9d98ca9a331111
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/119342Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/119343Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/2X5IBCJXRQAZ5PSERLHMSJFBHFR3QM2C/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.