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CVE-2018-8740 (GCVE-0-2018-8740)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-03-17 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 07:02

Summary

In SQLite through 3.22.0, databases whose schema is corrupted using a CREATE TABLE AS statement could cause a NULL pointer dereference, related to build.c and prepare.c.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2322 records in the last 180 days details

References

14 references

URL	Tags
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019…	mailing-list
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sqlite3…
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103466	vdb-entry
https://www.sqlite.org/cgi/src/vdiff?from=1774f1c…
https://www.sqlite.org/cgi/src/timeline?r=corrupt…
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detai…
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac…	vendor-advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4205-1/	vendor-advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4394-1/	vendor-advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020…	mailing-list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860…	mailing-list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294b…	mailing-list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023…	mailing-list

Date Public

2018-03-16 00:00

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SA25P007

Vulnerability from csaf_abb - Published: 2026-02-18 00:30 - Updated: 2026-05-14 00:30

Summary

B&R Automation Studio Update of SQLite version

Scope

25 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2018-8740.

CVE-2018-8740

In SQLite through 3.22.0, databases whose schema is corrupted using a CREATE TABLE AS statement could cause a NULL pointer dereference, related to build.c and prepare.c.

7.5 (High)


                
                  CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Fixed: 1 product Known affected: 1 product

Open the full advisory

SUSE-SU-2019:1208-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2019-05-10 12:04 - Updated: 2026-09-20 13:08

Summary

Security update for sqlite3

Severity

Moderate

Scope

2 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2018-8740.

CVE-2018-8740

4 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Recommended: 50 products

Open the full advisory

SUSE-SU-2019:1522-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2019-06-17 15:28 - Updated: 2026-10-18 10:13

Summary

Security update for sqlite3

Severity

Important

Scope

3 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2018-8740.

CVE-2018-8740

4 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Recommended: 32 products

Open the full advisory

SUSE-SU-2021:3215-1

Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2021-09-23 14:26 - Updated: 2026-10-18 10:14

Summary

Security update for sqlite3

Severity

Important

Scope

28 vulnerabilities in this advisory, including CVE-2018-8740.

CVE-2018-8740

4 (Medium)


                
                  CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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UBUNTU-CVE-2018-8740 (CVE-2018-8740)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2018-03-17 00:29 – Updated: 2026-04-22 07:38 – Source website

Details

In SQLite through 3.22.0, databases whose schema is corrupted using a CREATE TABLE AS statement could cause a NULL pointer dereference, related to build.c and prepare.c.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-8740	REPORT
	https://www.sqlite.org/cgi/src/timeline?r=corrupt…	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4205-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4394-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-8740	REPORT

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            "binary_version": "3.8.2-1ubuntu2.2"
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  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-8740",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:38:35Z",
  "published": "2018-03-17T00:29:00Z",
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}

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