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Medium

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

VectorLOCAL

PublishedDec 01, 2025, 18:16

Published Bycna@python.org

Base Score

Score5.5

Affected Versions

No affected versions found.

References

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/568342cfc8f002d9a15f30238f26b9d2e0e79036
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5a8b19677d818fb41ee55f310233772e15aa1a2b
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/694922cf40aa3a28f898b5f5ee08b71b4922df70
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/71fa8eb8233b37f16c88b6e3e583b461b205d1ba
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b64441e4852383645af5b435411a6f849dd1b4cb
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/cefee7d118a26ef6cd43db59bb9d98ca9a331111
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/119342
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/119343
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/2X5IBCJXRQAZ5PSERLHMSJFBHFR3QM2C/

Weakness Type

CWE-400

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

2.1

Vector String

CVSS: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/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Base SeverityLow

Version

4.0

Attack Vector (AV)

LOCAL