CVE-2025-6966
MEDIUMDescription
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.
CVSS v3.1 Score
Weakness Type (CWE)
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| ubuntu | python-apt |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux |
| debian | debian_linux |
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