CVE-2018-8740
Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—
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.
CVSS
- Version: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Base score: 7.5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 7.97%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 95
- Score date: 10/5/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (2)
CWEs
- CWE-476
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00050.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103466
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=6964
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sqlite3/+bug/1756349
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00009.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00037.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00022.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PU4NZ6DDU4BEM3ACM3FM6GLEPX56ZQXK/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4205-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4394-1/
- https://www.sqlite.org/cgi/src/timeline?r=corrupt-schema
- https://www.sqlite.org/cgi/src/vdiff?from=1774f1c3baf0bc3d&to=d75e67654aa9620b
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00050.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103466
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=6964
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sqlite3/+bug/1756349
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00009.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00037.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00022.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PU4NZ6DDU4BEM3ACM3FM6GLEPX56ZQXK/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4205-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4394-1/
- https://www.sqlite.org/cgi/src/timeline?r=corrupt-schema
- https://www.sqlite.org/cgi/src/vdiff?from=1774f1c3baf0bc3d&to=d75e67654aa9620b
Raw JSON (NVD)
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