Use-after-free in SQLite - CVE-2020-13630
Published: August 6, 2020 / Updated: October 28, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU34077
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-13630
CWE-ID: CWE-416
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 compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the fts3EvalNextRow() function in ext/fts3/fts3.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to application, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2020-13630
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1080459
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L7KXQWHIY2MQP4LNM6ODWJENMXYYQYBN/
- https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:22.sqlite.asc
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-26
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200608-0002/
- https://sqlite.org/src/info/0d69f76f0865f962
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4394-1/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html