CVE-2025-13837

Severity CVSS v4.0:

LOW

Type:

CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion')

Publication date:

01/12/2025

Last modified:

15/01/2026

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

Impact

Vector 4.0

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 CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.10 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

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Attack Requirements (AT): Present
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Confidentiality (VC): None
Integrity (VI): None
Availability (VA): Low
Confidentiality (SC): None
Integrity (SI): Low
Availability (SA): None

Base Score 4.0

2.10

Severity 4.0

LOW

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

5.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:python:python::::::::		3.13.10 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:python:python::::::::	3.14.0 (including)	3.14.1 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.15.0:alpha1::::::
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.15.0:alpha2::::::

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CVE-2025-13837

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools