Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb
Published
2025-12-05 11:07
Modified
2026-09-16 15:48
Summary
Out-of-memory when loading Plist
Details

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

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "libpython",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/libpython"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.10.20"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "3.11.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.11.15"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "3.12.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.12.13"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "3.13.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.13.10"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "3.14.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.14.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "severity": [
        {
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-13837"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Medium"
  },
  "details": "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",
  "id": "BIT-libpython-2025-13837",
  "modified": "2026-09-16T15:48:17.670Z",
  "published": "2025-12-05T11:07:43.325Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/694922cf40aa3a28f898b5f5ee08b71b4922df70"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/71fa8eb8233b37f16c88b6e3e583b461b205d1ba"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b64441e4852383645af5b435411a6f849dd1b4cb"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/119342"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/119343"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/2X5IBCJXRQAZ5PSERLHMSJFBHFR3QM2C/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13837"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5a8b19677d818fb41ee55f310233772e15aa1a2b"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/568342cfc8f002d9a15f30238f26b9d2e0e79036"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/cefee7d118a26ef6cd43db59bb9d98ca9a331111"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.6.2",
  "summary": "Out-of-memory when loading Plist"
}



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