CVE-2025-6966
6.9
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Summary
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.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canonical | python-apt | 3.0 < 3.0.0ubuntu1.1 | affected |
| Canonical | python-apt | 3.0 < 3.0.0ubuntu0.25.04.1 | affected |
| Canonical | python-apt | 2.7 < 2.7.7ubuntu5.1 | affected |
| Canonical | python-apt | 2.4 < 2.4.0ubuntu4.1 | affected |
| Canonical | python-apt | 2.0 < 2.0.1ubuntu0.20.04.1+esm1 | affected |
| Canonical | python-apt | 1.6 < 1.6.6ubuntu0.1~esm1 | affected |
| Canonical | python-apt | 1.1 < 1.1.0~beta1ubuntu0.16.04.12+esm1 | affected |
| Canonical | python-apt | 0 < 0.9.3.5ubuntu3+esm5 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-476: CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: partial
CVE Program Container
Additional References
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