Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb
Published
2025-08-11 13:52
Modified
2025-08-11 14:19
Summary
Details

read_ints in plistlib.py in Python through 3.9.1 is vulnerable to a potential DoS attack via CPU and RAM exhaustion when processing malformed Apple Property List files in binary format.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "libpython",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/libpython"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.6.13"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "3.7.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.7.10"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "3.8.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.8.7"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "3.9.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.9.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "severity": [
        {
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-48564"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Medium"
  },
  "details": "read_ints in plistlib.py in Python through 3.9.1 is vulnerable to a potential DoS attack via CPU and RAM exhaustion when processing malformed Apple Property List files in binary format.",
  "id": "BIT-libpython-2022-48564",
  "modified": "2025-08-11T14:19:40.295Z",
  "published": "2025-08-11T13:52:12.981Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bugs.python.org/issue42103"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00017.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48564"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230929-0009/"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.6.2"
}


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