#VU18657 Out-of-bounds read in SQLite - CVE-2019-8457
Published: May 31, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18657
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-8457
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
SQLite
SQLite
Software vendor:
SQLite
SQLite
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in rtreenode() function when handling invalid rtree tables. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the application, trigger heap out-of-bounds read crash the application.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.