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A vulnerability was found in SQLite up to 3.22.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file build.c of the component Create Table As STatement Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In SQLite through 3.22.0, databases whose schema is corrupted using a CREATE TABLE AS statement could cause a NULL pointer dereference, related to build.c and prepare.c.

The bug was discovered 03/16/2018. The weakness was disclosed 03/17/2018 by OSS-Fuzz (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-8740 since 03/16/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 108665 (Fedora 27 : sqlite (2018-07e15ad5a5)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 176711 (Debian Security Update for sqlite3 (DLA 1633-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (108665). The entries 101266, 101267, 101268 and 101302 are pretty similar.

Productinfo

Name

• SQLite

Version

• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.3
• 3.4
• 3.5
• 3.6
• 3.7
• 3.8
• 3.9
• 3.10
• 3.11
• 3.12
• 3.13
• 3.14
• 3.15
• 3.16
• 3.17
• 3.18
• 3.19
• 3.20
• 3.21
• 3.22

License

• free

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Null pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-476 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 108665
Nessus Name: Fedora 27 : sqlite (2018-07e15ad5a5)
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OpenVAS ID: 830225
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for sqlite FEDORA-2018-07e15ad5a5
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

03/16/2018 🔍
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03/28/2018 +1 days 🔍
02/22/2023 +1792 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: FEDORA-2018-07e15ad5a5⛔
Researcher: OSS-Fuzz
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2018-8740 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 103466 - SQLite CVE-2018-8740 Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2018 12:04
Updated: 02/22/2023 10:19
Changes: 03/17/2018 12:04 (74), 01/14/2020 15:53 (6), 02/22/2023 10:13 (4), 02/22/2023 10:19 (1)
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