Out-of-bounds read in SQLite - CVE-2020-6405

 

Out-of-bounds read in SQLite - CVE-2020-6405

Published: February 5, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU24958
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6405
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: SQLite
Affected software:
SQLite

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in SQLite. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.


How to mitigate CVE-2020-6405

Install updates from vendor's website.

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