Heap-based buffer overflow in SQLite - CVE-2017-10989
Published: May 22, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18574
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10989
CWE-ID: CWE-122
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: SQLite
Affected software:
SQLite
SQLite
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to crash the application or gain access to sensitive data.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the getNodeSize() function in ext/rtree/rtree.c when handling undersized RTree blobs. A local user can supply a specially crafted database to the affected application, trigger heap-based out of bounds read and crash the application or gain access to sensitive data.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-10989
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00050.html
- http://marc.info/?l=sqlite-users&m=149933696214713&w=2
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99502
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039427
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=2405
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sqlite3/+bug/1700937
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00009.html
- https://sqlite.org/src/info/66de6f4a
- https://sqlite.org/src/vpatch?from=0db20efe201736b3&to=66de6f4a9504ec26
- https://support.apple.com/HT208112
- https://support.apple.com/HT208113
- https://support.apple.com/HT208115
- https://support.apple.com/HT208144