CVE-2025-13837

LOW EPSS 8.3%
Published Dec 1, 20257mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
2.1 CVSS 4.0
Low
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Published Dec 1, 2025 7mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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 Details

Base Score
2.1
Exploitability
—
Impact
—
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
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope X

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
8.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Resource Mgmt

Affected Products 4

VendorProductVersionRange
pythonpython* <3.13.10
pythonpython*≥3.14.0  –  <3.14.1
pythonpython3.15.0any
pythonpython3.15.0any

References 9

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

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5a8b19677d818fb41ee55f310233772e15aa1a2b
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/694922cf40aa3a28f898b5f5ee08b71b4922df70
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/71fa8eb8233b37f16c88b6e3e583b461b205d1ba
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b64441e4852383645af5b435411a6f849dd1b4cb
    Patch
  • github.com https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/119342
    Issue TrackingPatch
  • github.com https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/119343
    Issue TrackingPatch