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CVE-2025-13837 Detail

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


Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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NIST: NVD
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Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  Python Software Foundation
CVSS-B 2.1 LOW
Vector:  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

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/694922cf40aa3a28f898b5f5ee08b71b4922df70 Python Software Foundation
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/71fa8eb8233b37f16c88b6e3e583b461b205d1ba Python Software Foundation
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b64441e4852383645af5b435411a6f849dd1b4cb Python Software Foundation
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/119342 Python Software Foundation
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/119343 Python Software Foundation

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-13837
NVD Published Date:
12/01/2025
NVD Last Modified:
12/01/2025
Source:
Python Software Foundation