CVE-2025-6966
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2025
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
Null-pointer dereference in python-apt TagSection.keys()
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.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
python-apt
- Vendor
- Canonical
- Product
- python-apt
- Platforms
- Linux
- Default status
unaffected- Package
- python-apt
- Package collection
- https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-apt
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | affected | custom | 3.0.0ubuntu1.1 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 3.0 | affected | custom | 3.0.0ubuntu0.25.04.1 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 2.7 | affected | custom | 2.7.7ubuntu5.1 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 2.4 | affected | custom | 2.4.0ubuntu4.1 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 2.0 | affected | custom | 2.0.1ubuntu0.20.04.1+esm1 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1.6 | affected | custom | 1.6.6ubuntu0.1~esm1 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1.1 | affected | custom | 1.1.0~beta1ubuntu0.16.04.12+esm1 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | affected | custom | 0.9.3.5ubuntu3+esm5 | Unavailable | None listed |