CVE-2025-6966EPSS p3.2%

CVE-2025-6966CVE-2025-6966

ubuntu / python-apt

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.

Scoring

CVSS 5.5 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS0.14% probability of exploitation · percentile 3.2% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z
Last modified2026-09-25
Sourced from NVD + FIRST.org EPSS. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.