Denial of service in SQLite



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2024-0232
CWE-ID CWE-416
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 SQLite
Server applications / Database software

Vendor SQLite

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU87160

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0232

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the jsonParseAddNodeArray() function in sqlite3.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted json data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

SQLite: 3.0.0 - 3.43.1

CPE2.3 External links

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0232
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2243754
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QDCMYQ3J45NHQ4EJREM3BJNNKB5BK4Y7/


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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