SQLite before 3.25.3, when the FTS3 extension is enabled, encounters an integer overflow (and resultant buffer overflow) for FTS3 queries in
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 34/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 7.5% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 94.3% of all records.
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
- Fixed version: sqlite3 (Debian:12) 3.25.3-1; sqlite3 (Debian:8) 3.8.7.1-1+deb8u3; sqlite3 (Debian:9) 3.16.2-5+deb9u2.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to sqlite3 (Debian:12) 3.25.3-1; sqlite3 (Debian:8) 3.8.7.1-1+deb8u3; sqlite3 (Debian:9) 3.16.2-5+deb9u2 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
SQLite before 3.25.3, when the FTS3 extension is enabled, encounters an integer overflow (and resultant buffer overflow) for FTS3 queries in a "merge" operation that occurs after crafted changes to FTS3 shadow tables, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging the ability to run arbitrary SQL statements (such as in certain WebSQL use cases). This is a different vulnerability than CVE-2018-20346.
- Published
- Apr 3, 2019
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 7.6% · 94th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-190
Report tools
Action score
34
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 32 / 40 · 8.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 2 / 30 · 7.6%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| sqlite | sqlite | cpe:2.3:a:sqlite:sqlite |
| apple | iphone os | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os |
| apple | mac os x | cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x |
| apple | tvos | cpe:2.3:o:apple:tvos |
| apple | watchos | cpe:2.3:o:apple:watchos |
| apple | icloud | cpe:2.3:a:apple:icloud |
| apple | itunes | cpe:2.3:a:apple:itunes |
| microsoft | windows | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows |
| opensuse | leap | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- apple icloudup to 7.10 inclusive
- apple iphone osbefore 12.1.3
- apple itunesup to 12.9.3 inclusive
- apple mac os xbefore 10.14.3
- apple tvosbefore 12.1.2
- apple watchosbefore 5.1.3
- opensuse leap42.3
- sqlite sqlitebefore 3.25.3
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | sqlite3 | before 3.25.3-1 | 3.25.3-1 |
| Debian:8 | sqlite3 | before 3.8.7.1-1+deb8u3 | 3.8.7.1-1+deb8u3 |
| Debian:9 | sqlite3 | before 3.16.2-5+deb9u2 | 3.16.2-5+deb9u2 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS | sqlite3 | before 3.8.3.1-2.7.1 | 3.8.3.1-2.7.1 |
| SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7 | sqlite3 | before 3.8.10.2-9.3.1 | 3.8.10.2-9.3.1 |
Same product
sqlite: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2019-8457SQLite3 from 3.6.0 to and including 3.27.2 is vulnerable to heap out-of-bound read in the rtreenode() function when handling invalid rtree t53Plan
- CVE-2025-6965Integer Truncation on SQLite49Plan
- CVE-2015-5895Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in SQLite before 3.8.10.2, as used in Apple iOS before 9, have unknown impact and attack vectors.43Plan
- CVE-2017-10989The getNodeSize function in ext/rtree/rtree.c in SQLite through 3.19.3, as used in GDAL and other products, mishandles undersized RTree blob42Plan
- CVE-2020-11656In SQLite through 3.31.1, the ALTER TABLE implementation has a use-after-free, as demonstrated by an ORDER BY clause that belongs to a compo41Plan
- CVE-2019-19646pragma.c in SQLite through 3.30.1 mishandles NOT NULL in an integrity_check PRAGMA command in certain cases of generated columns.41Plan
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:sqlite3 | 3.25.3-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:sqlite3 | 3.8.10.2-9.3.1 · SUSE:OpenStack Cloud 7 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or WraparoundCVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jan/62
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jan/64
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jan/66
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jan/67
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jan/68
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jan/69
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/106698
- kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10365
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00037.html
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jan/28
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jan/29
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jan/31
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jan/32
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jan/33
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jan/39
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190502-0004/
- sqlite.org/src/info/940f2adc8541a838
- support.apple.com/kb/HT209443
- support.apple.com/kb/HT209446
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.