CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-48564

MediumCVSS 6.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk
1.65%

77th percentile - higher than 77% of all known CVEs

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could supply a malicious plist file, causing resource exhaustion and unavailability of the application processing such files.

Recommendation

Update Python to a patched version and restrict processing of untrusted plist files.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS