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CVE-2019-8457 in the critical feed json

SQLite3 from 3.6.0 to and including 3.27.2 is vulnerable to heap out-of-bound read in the rtreenode() function when handling invalid rtree…

published 7y ago modified 26d ago also EUVD-2019-17847

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
45.4%
EPSS 45.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

SQLite3 from 3.6.0 to and including 3.27.2 is vulnerable to heap out-of-bound read in the rtreenode() function when handling invalid rtree tables.

Patch / fix

  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.5
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.5
  • Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.5
  • db5.3 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.3.28+dfsg1-0.9
  • sqlite3 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.27.2-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-8457

  • db5.3 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 5.3.28-11ubuntu0.2
  • db5.3 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 5.3.28-13.1ubuntu1.1
  • db5.3 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.3.28+dfsg1-0.6ubuntu1
  • sqlite3 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 3.11.0-1ubuntu1.2
  • sqlite3 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 3.22.0-1ubuntu0.1
  • db5.3 Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 5.3.28-3ubuntu3.1+esm1
  • sqlite3 Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 3.8.2-1ubuntu2.2+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8457

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

  • sqlite RHEL 8 3.26.0-6.el8
  • lemon RHEL 8 3.26.0-6.el8
  • sqlite-libs RHEL 8 3.26.0-6.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:1810

  • 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 for SAP 12 SP2 +12 more 3.8.10.2-9.9.1
  • sqlite3 SLES 11 SP4-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 3.7.6.3-1.4.7.9.1
  • sqlite3 SLES 12-LTSS 3.8.3.1-2.12.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2021:3215-1SUSE-SU-2019:1601-1SUSE-SU-2019:1522-1SUSE-SU-2019:14083-1

  • sqlite Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +13 more 3.28.0-r0
  • sqlite Alpine 3.8, Alpine 3.7 3.25.3-r1

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-8457

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • ceph Azure Linux 3.0 18.2.1-1

azure linux advisories AZL-38326

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-8457 updated cvss 7.5

sqlite: heap out-of-bound read in function rtreenode()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 lemon, sqlite, sqlite-tcl
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 lemon, sqlite, sqlite-tcl
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) lemon 3.26.0-6.el8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) sqlite 3.26.0-6.el8, sqlite-libs 3.26.0-6.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:1810
  • 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

cisa ICSA-23-348-10 updated cvss 9.8

Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500

  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AB0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AC0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4FX00-1AB0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4FX00-1AC0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5 Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6AG1518-4AX00-4AC0) >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.5
    affected: fixed in V3.1.5, mitigation support.industry.siemens.com

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

Exploit prediction

45.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/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

Affected products

  • n/a SQLite
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP
  • Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP
  • Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP

Classification

Weakness

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