CVE-2018-8740

Description

In SQLite through 3.22.0, databases whose schema is corrupted using a CREATE TABLE AS statement could cause a NULL pointer dereference, related to build.c and prepare.c.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 9.04% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory sqlite.org Vendor Advisory sqlite.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00009.html third party advisory mailing list
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sqlite3/+bug/1756349 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103466 vdb entry third party advisory
https://www.sqlite.org/cgi/src/vdiff?from=1774f1c3baf0bc3d&to=d75e67654aa9620b patch vendor advisory
https://www.sqlite.org/cgi/src/timeline?r=corrupt-schema vendor advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=6964 third party advisory permissions required
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00050.html vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PU4NZ6DDU4BEM3ACM3FM6GLEPX56ZQXK/ vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4205-1/ vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4394-1/ vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00037.html mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00022.html mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-8740?
CVE-2018-8740 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-8740?
To fix CVE-2018-8740, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-8740 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-8740 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~9% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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