NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting sqlite3 package, versions <3.27.2-2
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- published10 Aug 2025
- disclosed22 Mar 2019
Introduced: 22 Mar 2019
CVE-2019-9937 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:14 sqlite3 to version 3.27.2-2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sqlite3 package and not the sqlite3 package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:14 relevant fixed versions and status.
In SQLite 3.27.2, interleaving reads and writes in a single transaction with an fts5 virtual table will lead to a NULL Pointer Dereference in fts5ChunkIterate in sqlite3.c. This is related to ext/fts5/fts5_hash.c and ext/fts5/fts5_index.c.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-9937
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EXD2GYJVTDGEQPUNMMMC5TB7MQXOBBMO/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N66U5PY5UJU4XBFZJH7QNKIDNAVIB4OP/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-09
- https://sqlite.org/src/info/45c73deb440496e8
- https://www.mail-archive.com/sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org/msg114383.html
- https://www.mail-archive.com/sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org/msg114393.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00037.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190416-0005/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00026.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107562
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4019-1/
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-9937
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EXD2GYJVTDGEQPUNMMMC5TB7MQXOBBMO/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N66U5PY5UJU4XBFZJH7QNKIDNAVIB4OP/
- https://www.mail-archive.com/sqlite-users%40mailinglists.sqlite.org/msg114383.html
- https://www.mail-archive.com/sqlite-users%40mailinglists.sqlite.org/msg114393.html