Remote code execution in SQLite - #VU16550
Published: December 17, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16550
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.
The weakness exists in the browsers supporting SQLite and Web SQL API due to an error when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. Less successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in leaking program memory or causing program crashes.
Note: the vulnerability has no CVE-identificator and has been dubbed "Magellan" by the researchers.
The weakness exists in the browsers supporting SQLite and Web SQL API due to an error when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted website and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. Less successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in leaking program memory or causing program crashes.
Note: the vulnerability has no CVE-identificator and has been dubbed "Magellan" by the researchers.
Affected software
SQLite
Remediation
Update to version 3.26.0.
SQLite - update to 3.26.0