Input validation error in SQLite - CVE-2019-19242
Published: December 2, 2019 / Updated: January 29, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23189
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19242
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: SQLite
Affected software:
SQLite
SQLite
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation within the sqlite3ExprCodeTarget(0 function in expr.c when processing the TK_COLUMN case. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-19242
Install update from vendor's website.