CVE-2025-13837
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5 · Uncontrolled resource consumption
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5a8b19677d818fb41ee55f310233772e15aa1a2b ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- 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/issues/119342Patch
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/119343Patch
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/568342cfc8f002d9a15f30238f26b9d2e0e79036
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/cefee7d118a26ef6cd43db59bb9d98ca9a331111