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critical 9.8

CVE-2017-10989 json

The getNodeSize function in ext/rtree/rtree.c in SQLite through 3.19.3, as used in GDAL and other products, mishandles undersized RTree blo…

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-2627

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
8.6%
EPSS 8.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The getNodeSize function in ext/rtree/rtree.c in SQLite through 3.19.3, as used in GDAL and other products, mishandles undersized RTree blobs in a crafted database, leading to a heap-based buffer over-read or possibly unspecified other impact.

Patch / fix

  • sqlite3 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.19.3-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-10989

  • sqlite3 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 3.11.0-1ubuntu1.2
  • sqlite3 Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 3.8.2-1ubuntu2.2+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10989

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

  • sqlite3 SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +11 more 3.36.0-9.18.1
  • sqlite3 SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP4 +5 more 3.8.10.2-9.6.1
  • sqlite3 SLES 12-LTSS 3.8.3.1-2.12.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2021:3215-1SUSE-SU-2019:1522-1SUSE-SU-2019:1208-1

  • sqlite Alpine 3.4, Alpine 3.3 3.13.0-r1
  • sqlite Alpine 3.5 3.15.2-r1
  • sqlite Alpine 3.6 3.20.0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-10989

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org 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-2017-10989 updated cvss 3.6

sqlite: Heap-buffer overflow in the getNodeSize function

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 lemon, sqlite, sqlite-tcl Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 lemon, sqlite, sqlite-tcl
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 mingw-virt-viewer, mingw32-virt-viewer, mingw64-virt-viewer
    under investigation
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 sqlite
    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

cisa ICSA-26-141-03 updated cvss 9.8

ABB B&R Automation Studio

  • ABB B&R Automation Studio <6.5
    affected: vendor fix, mitigation
  • ABB B&R Automation Studio 6.5
    fixed

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

8.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

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