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CVE-2013-7443 json

Buffer overflow in the skip-scan optimization in SQLite 3.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted SQL…

published 11y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-7207

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.2%
EPSS 3.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in the skip-scan optimization in SQLite 3.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via crafted SQL statements.

Patch / fix

  • sqlite3 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.8.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-7443

  • sqlite3 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 3.8.2-1ubuntu2.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2013-7443

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2013-7443 updated cvss 1.9

sqlite: array overrun in the skip-scan optimization leading to memory corruption (DoS)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 sqlite Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 lemon, sqlite, sqlite-tcl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 lemon, sqlite, sqlite-tcl
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

3.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • sqlite.org https://www.sqlite.org/src/info/ac5852d6403c9c9628ca0aa7be135c702f000698 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • sqlite.org https://www.sqlite.org/src/info/520070ec7fbaac73eda0e0123596b7bb3e9a6897 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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