| Name | CVE-2025-13837 |
| 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 |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| pypy3 (PTS) | bullseye | 7.3.5+dfsg-2+deb11u2 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 7.3.5+dfsg-2+deb11u5 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 7.3.11+dfsg-2+deb12u3 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 7.3.19+dfsg-2 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid | 7.3.20+dfsg-4 | vulnerable |
| python3.11 (PTS) | bookworm | 3.11.2-6+deb12u6 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security) | 3.11.2-6+deb12u3 | vulnerable |
| python3.13 (PTS) | trixie | 3.13.5-2 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid | 3.13.11-1 | fixed |
| python3.14 (PTS) | forky, sid | 3.14.2-1 | fixed |
| python3.9 (PTS) | bullseye | 3.9.2-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 3.9.2-1+deb11u3 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| pypy3 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
| python3.11 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
| python3.13 | source | (unstable) | 3.13.11-1 | | | |
| python3.14 | source | (unstable) | 3.14.2-1 | | | |
| python3.9 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
[trixie] - python3.13 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - python3.11 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - python3.9 <postponed> (Minor issue)
[trixie] - pypy3 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - pypy3 <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/119342
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/119343
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/694922cf40aa3a28f898b5f5ee08b71b4922df70 (main)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b64441e4852383645af5b435411a6f849dd1b4cb (v3.14.1)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/71fa8eb8233b37f16c88b6e3e583b461b205d1ba (v3.13.10)
Introduced by: https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/065266450ea5519a43bcc199e48d304f1e7038e8 (v3.4.2rc1)