5.5

CVE-2025-13837: Out-of-memory when loading Plist

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-13837DEBIAN-CVE-2025-13837CGA-39wf-mp2c-wx5p
Published 01-12-2025Last modified 03-03-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-13837 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in python software foundation cpython. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 2.1, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.24%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 34 · Related 27
DLA-4445-1MGASA-2025-0324OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15839-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15840-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15846-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15849-1

Timeline

  1. 01-12-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-03-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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 metrics

8 scores · 6 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

15%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.02 pp

From 0.22% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu12 products
  • python2.7All versions (No fix recorded)
  • python3.10< 3.10.12-1~22.04.14
  • python3.11< 3.11.0~rc1-1~22.04.1~esm8
  • python3.12< 3.12.3-1ubuntu0.11
  • python3.13< 3.13.7-1ubuntu0.3
Chainguard4 products
  • python-3.10< 3.10.21-r6
  • python-3.11< 3.11.15-r0
  • python-3.12< 3.12.12-r4
  • python-3.9All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian4 products
  • pypy3All versions (No fix recorded) | < 7.3.21+dfsg-1
  • python3.11< 3.11.2-6+deb12u7
  • python3.13< 3.13.11-1 | < 3.13.5-2+deb13u1
  • python3.14< 3.14.2-1
Wolfi3 products
  • python-3.10< 3.10.21-r6
  • python-3.11< 3.11.15-r0
  • python-3.12< 3.12.12-r4
Python1 product
  • python< 3.13.10 | ≥ 3.14.0, < 3.14.1 | 3.15.0:alpha1 | 3.15.0:alpha2
Python software foundation1 product
  • cpython< 3.10.20 | ≥ 3.11.0, < 3.11.15 | ≥ 3.12.0, < 3.12.13 | ≥ 3.13.0, < 3.13.10 | ≥ 3.14.0, < 3.14.1 | ≥ 3.15.0a1, < 3.15.0a3

6 vendors · 25 products

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