CVE-2025-6966Medium· 5.5▾ SunlitNULL 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.
▾ Sunlit zone — Low / medium · no exploitation signal
impact 30.3 · likelihood 0 · exploitation 0
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Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via NVD
Last analysed / modified upstream
0.1%
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.
python-apt < 0.9.3.11python-apt >= 1.6.0, < 1.6.6python-apt >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.1python-apt >= 2.7.0, < 2.7.7python-apt = 0.9.3.5python-apt = 0.9.3.11python-apt = 1.1.0python-apt = 1.6.6python-apt = 2.0.1python-apt = 2.4.0python-apt = 2.7.7python-apt = 3.0.0debian_linux = 11.0Upgrade past the affected range:
python-apt 2.7.7Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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