NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting sqlite package, versions <3.15.2-r2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
7.97% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE35-SQLITE-311192
  • published17 Mar 2018
  • disclosed17 Mar 2018

Introduced: 17 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-8740  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.5 sqlite to version 3.15.2-r2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sqlite package and not the sqlite package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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