CVE-2025-6966 in python-apt

Riassunto

di MITRE • 05/12/2025

NULL pointer dereference in TagSection.keys() in python-apt on APT-based Linux systems allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service (process crash) via a crafted deb822 file with a malformed non-UTF-8 key.

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• Responsabile: Canonical
• Prenotare: 01/07/2025
• Divulgazione: 05/12/2025
• Moderazione: accettato
• Voce: VDB-334485
• CPE: pronto
• CWE: CWE-476 (confermato)
• CVSS: 5.5 (NVD)
• EPSS: 0.00130
• KEV: no
• Attività: molto basso
• Settore: Chemical, Insurance, ...

Fonti

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-6966
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6966
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-6966/