VYPR
← All advisories
Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 5, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2025-6966

CVE-2025-6966

Description

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.

AI Insight

LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Affected products

43
  • Canonical/python-aptv5
    Range: 3.0
  • Python (programming language)/Pythonllm-fuzzy
  • Ubuntu/python-apt40 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 39 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <0.9.3.11
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:0.9.3.5:ubuntu1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:0.9.3.5:ubuntu2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:0.9.3.11:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:0.9.3.11:build1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:1.1.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:1.1.0:beta1build1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:1.1.0:beta1ubuntu0.16.04.1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:1.1.0:beta1ubuntu0.16.04.10:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:1.1.0:beta1ubuntu0.16.04.11:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:1.1.0:beta1ubuntu0.16.04.2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:1.1.0:beta1ubuntu0.16.04.3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:1.1.0:beta1ubuntu0.16.04.4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:1.1.0:beta1ubuntu0.16.04.5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:1.1.0:beta1ubuntu0.16.04.7:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:1.1.0:beta1ubuntu0.16.04.8:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:1.1.0:beta1ubuntu0.16.04.9:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:1.1.0:beta2ubuntu1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:1.1.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:1.1.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:1.1.0:beta4ubuntu1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:1.1.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:1.1.0:beta5ubuntu1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:1.6.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:2.0.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:2.4.0:\+22.10:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:2.4.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:2.4.0:ubuntu1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:2.4.0:ubuntu2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:2.4.0:ubuntu3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:2.4.0:ubuntu4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:2.7.7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:2.7.7:build1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:2.7.7:ubuntu1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:2.7.7:ubuntu2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:2.7.7:ubuntu3:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:2.7.7:ubuntu4:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:2.7.7:ubuntu5:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:3.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:ubuntu:python-apt:3.0.0:ubuntu1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Debian/linux
    cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

2

News mentions

0

No linked articles in our index yet.